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yessum

  • /ˈjɛs(ə)m/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɛsəm

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Contraction of yes, ma'am.

contraction yassum · yas'm · yes'm

  1. US, contraction, dated, dialectal, informal Used to express agreement with a woman (and, somewhat less commonly, a man): yes, ma'am. "I would like to sit down in your shade beside you," said the Tall Man. "Yassum," said the Little Bit of a Girl. […] "Why do you have the crutch?" asked the Tall Man presently. "Yassum, the crutch, the doctor he gave it to me, yassum," said the Little Bit of a Girl.

    Opposite: no'm

  2. Australia, alternative, contraction, informal Alternative form of yes

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"yessum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yessum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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yessum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yessum

Chicago

"yessum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yessum.

BibTeX
@misc{yessum_2026,
  title = {yessum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yessum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}