Flavorwire: The Year in Rap Neologisms

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Ben Zimmer
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_Yak_, with the meaning of _'yac_ "cognac," is in the UD from 2003.
IME, it's earlier than that. But, of course, a memory isn't citable.
:-(

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