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yam yam¹

Where it comes from

From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are".

noun yam yams

  1. UK, countable, derogatory, informal, sometimes A person who speaks the Black Country dialect. "What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!".
  2. UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes, uncountable The dialect spoken in the Black Country.

yam yam²

Where it comes from

Unknown. Perhaps from yam or yum yum.

noun

  1. colloquial, uncountable Heroin. You may have seen it during the never-ending repeats of Seinfeld. Elaine has a bagel or two for breakfast, takes a drug test for work, and the next day finds out she tested positive for opium - “You know, white lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally,” her boss, Mr. Peterman, tells her.

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@misc{yam_yam_2026,
  title = {yam yam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yam%20yam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}