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yo

  [yoh]
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–interjection
1. (used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
2. here; present: used esp. in answer to a roll call.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME

y.o.

 
year old; years old.
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yo   (yō)   
interj.   Slang
Used as a greeting or to attract someone's attention.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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yo 
as a greeting, 1859, but the word is attested as a sailor's or huntsman's utterance since c.1420. Modern popularity dates from World War II (when, it is said, it was a common response at roll calls) and seems to have been most intense in Philadelphia.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : yo
Spanish: yo,
German: ich,
Japanese: 私は
More Translations »
yo
  1. Yoruba
  2. year-old
YO
years old
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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