yay
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“There’s this song they were playing at the stadium in the seventh inning — I think it goes, ‘Oh yay, Blue Jays,’ something like that,” Rojas said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
I hadn't thought about it till it came out in the press, so yay, yay for me.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
It’s saying, “Oh, yay, I get to flunk another math test this week,” when what you mean is that you are freaked out about your consistently terrible grades in math class.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
"I've been watching the trailer and going yay she's here," Cleo told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2023
As he lifted his foot to take the last step he closed his eyes, as the yay had bidden him.
From The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 by Washington Matthews
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