- Its use has shifted to include non-country users who say it (often pejoratively) to describe or label the culture.
Yee Yee
clipping noun or adjective
A person who would typically be labeled as “country” or “redneck”. Also can be used to describe anything associated with that culture.
Etymology : A clipping from “Yee-haw”, an exclamation used in cowboy culture whose association was extended to anything attributed to White southerners. Yee- is repeated twice, creating “yee yee” which originally used as an exclamation of excitement by the aforementioned demographic.
Source : “That truck is raised five feet off the ground and has a confederate flag on its bumper. So yeah, a Yee Yee owns it.” (10/17)
Last modified: 4 December 2018