[Ads-l] Fw: Antedating of "Yay" (Interjection)

[Shapiro, Fred]

The date of the citation below is 23 Jan. 1921.

Fred Shapiro


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Subject: Antedating of "Yay" (Interjection)

yay (OED 1963)

1921 Evansville (Indiana) Courier, Junior section, page 7, column 2 (Newspapers.com)

When the home team comes out upon the floor the rooters yell:  Yay team ! Yay team ! Yay, yay, yay.

Fred Shapiro

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