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4-480: The interjection Ayo! is a common variation of the word Yo !. Ayo , Ayọ , Ayọ̀ and AYO may also refer to: Ayọ / ˈ ɑː j oʊ / is a common Yoruba given name. Ayọ in Yoruba means Joy . Ayo is a gender neutral name which means it can be given to either male or female. The name Ayo is a diminutive form or a shortened form of names like Ayomide which means ‘my joy has come’, Ayomikun which denotes ‘my joy
8-522: A greeting and often deployed at the beginning of a sentence, yo may also come at the end of a sentence and/or may be used to place emphasis on or to direct focus onto a particular individual, group, or issue at hand, or to gain the attention of another individual or group. It may also be used to express excitement, surprise, disbelief, enthusiasm, anger, or amazement. The interjection yo was first used in Middle English . In addition to yo , it
12-537: Is full’, Ayokunumi which means ‘I have joy in me’, Ayonitemi which denotes ‘joy is mine’, FunmilAyo which means give me joy etc. Yo (greeting) Yo ( / j oʊ / YOH ) is a slang interjection , commonly associated with North American English . It was popularized by the Italian-American community in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , in the 1940s. Although often used as
16-523: Was also sometimes written io . Though the term may have been in use in an isolated manner in different contexts earlier in English, its current usage and popularity derives from its use in Philadelphia's Italian American population in the twentieth century, which spread to other ethnic groups in the city, notably among Philadelphia African Americans , and later spread beyond Philadelphia. From
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