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English words: you must be new here to youthful indiscretion

300 English words, part 10 of 12 of the words starting with Y, A to Z. 19 have a page of their own.

English words you must be new here to youthful indiscretion

  1. you must be new here phrase: Used to express (often sarcastically) that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence.
  2. you must spoil before you spin proverb: One cannot expect success at the first attempt; practice makes perfect.
  3. you name it pronoun: All kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items.
  4. you never know phrase: Used to speculate about a possibility; especially, a slight one.
  5. you never know what you've got till it's gone proverb: People tend to take things for granted while they are available.
  6. you never miss the water till the well runs dry proverb: People tend to take things for granted that are easily available.
  7. you never miss the water until the well runs dry proverb: Alternative form of you never miss the water till the well runs dry.
  8. you'ns pronoun: Alternative form of you-uns: a second-person plural pronoun.
  9. you OK phrase: Ellipsis of are you OK.
  10. you only get what you give proverb: There is a positive correlation between the effort one puts in and the benefits one receives.
  11. you only go around once proverb: A person has only one lifetime, and should therefore take every opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of experiences in order to maximize their achievements...
  12. you only go around once in life proverb: Alternative form of you only go around once.
  13. you only live once proverb: Alternative form of you only go around once.
  14. you pays your money and you takes your chances proverb: There is no guarantee that you will get the result you want.
  15. you pays your money and you takes your choice proverb: Everyone can make their own individual decisions.
  16. you pays your nickel and you takes your chances proverb: Alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your chances.
  17. you pays your nickel and you takes your choice proverb: Alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your choice.
  18. you people noun: Any outsiders not belonging to a clique.
  19. you-pick adjective, noun: Alternative form of U-pick.
  20. you problem noun: an issue for which the responsibility is claimed to lie with another person
  21. you rang interjection: Asks what the summoner desires.
  22. you're contraction /jɔː(ɹ)/: Contraction of you + are.
  23. you're a long time dead phrase: A reminder that we are all mortal, as a justification for enjoying life while one can.
  24. you're all right phrase: Used to politely reject an offer.
  25. you're alright phrase: Alternative form of you're all right.
  26. you're fine interjection: A casual response to an apology, similar to no worries
  27. you're good phrase: It's OK; it's not a big deal.
  28. you're kidding phrase: Used to express disbelief or shock.
  29. you're killing me, smalls phrase: A general expression of annoyance or exasperation with someone or something.
  30. you're never too old to learn proverb: It is possible to learn new things at any age; one should follow one's desires and dreams.
  31. you're on phrase: Used to indicate acceptance by the speaker of a proposal or challenge, especially a competitive one.
  32. you're only as good as your last shift proverb: A person's perceived skill or competence is determined by their most recent success or failure.
  33. you're right phrase: Indicates that what the interlocutor said/says is correct.
  34. you're telling me phrase: Used to indicate that the speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made.
  35. you're the boss phrase: Used to acknowledge an instruction.
  36. you're the doctor phrase: Indicates that the speaker defers to the addressed person's authority or expertise.
  37. you're welcome phrase: Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”.
  38. you're welcome a million phrase: You're welcome, intensified.
  39. you's contraction, noun, pronoun: Contraction of you + is.
  40. you said a mouthful phrase: You have said something correct or apposite.
  41. you said it phrase: Used to express complete agreement with a previous statement by the interlocutor.
  42. you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours proverb: If you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.
  43. you see interjection: Used to indicate that the speaker hopes the listener understands what is being said.
  44. you should talk interjection: Synonym of look who's talking.
  45. you shouldn't have phrase: Used to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity, especially when receiving a gift.
  46. you shouldn't talk interjection: Synonym of look who's talking.
  47. you smelt it, you dealt it proverb: Synonym of he who smelt it dealt it.
  48. you snooze you lose phrase: If one is not alert and attentive, one will not be successful.
  49. you tell me interjection: I don't know!
  50. you the birthday phrase: You are the metaphorical embodiment of celebration, joy, and being the center of attention; you are the "star of the show" or "the main event."
  51. you think phrase: A sarcastic, rhetorical response to an obvious statement.
  52. you think what phrase /juː ˈθɪŋk ˈwʌt/: What do you think this is?; do you think this is some kind of […] ?; said in response to an impractical or naïve suggestion.
  53. you understood noun: The unstated subject of a command sentence, where it is assumed the subject is the person to whom the command is directed.
  54. you'uns pronoun /ˈjuːʌnz/: You (plural, as subject or object).
  55. you've contraction /juːv/: Contraction of you + have.
  56. you've got to be in it to win it proverb: In order to win, or succeed at something, one must first compete or try.
  57. you've got to be kidding me phrase: Used to express anger or frustration.
  58. you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette proverb: Alternative form of you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
  59. you've got to laugh phrase: Used when somebody sees the funny side to a tough situation, to remind not to take things so seriously.
  60. you've gotta be kidding me phrase: Alternative form of you've got to be kidding me.
  61. you've said a mouthful phrase: Alternative form of you said a mouthful.
  62. you'ven't contraction: you have not
  63. you want a piece of me interjection: A battle cry.
  64. you welcome phrase: Pronunciation spelling of you're welcome.
  65. you were saying phrase: Prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.
  66. you what interjection: An intensified version of what or huh.
  67. you will own nothing and be happy phrase: A prediction made by the World Economic Forum, suggesting a future where individuals will primarily have access to goods and services rather than owning...
  68. you win phrase: Used to express resignation, or concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments.
  69. you win some, you lose some proverb: Everybody experiences some successes and some failures.
  70. you wish, jellyfish phrase: Synonym of you wish.
  71. you would think phrase: An expression denoting surprise or lack of understanding due to reality being very different from what is the norm or expected.
  72. youah determiner: Pronunciation spelling of your.
  73. youall pronoun: Alternative form of you all.
  74. youch interjection /jaʊt͡ʃ/: Synonym of ouch.
  75. youee noun: Alternative form of uey.
  76. Youell proper noun: A surname.
  77. Youens proper noun: A surname.
  78. youff noun, verb: The bark of a dog.
  79. youfie noun: Synonym of selfie
  80. Yough proper noun: Synonym of Youghiogheny.
  81. Youghal proper noun /jɔːl/: A town and seaside resort in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 1078).
  82. Youghiogheny proper noun: A tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. states of West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  83. Yougoslav adjective, noun: Dated form of Yugoslav.
  84. Yougoslavian adjective, noun: Dated form of Yugoslavian.
  85. youins pronoun: Alternative form of you-uns.
  86. youk noun, verb: Alternative form of yeuk.
  87. youkai noun: Alternative form of yokai.
  88. youkan noun: Alternative form of yokan.
  89. youlk noun: Platysace deflexa, a small shrub endemic to the south west of Western Australia.
  90. Youn proper noun: A surname.
  91. Younan proper noun: A surname.
  92. younder adverb: Alternative form of yonder.
  93. youness noun /ˈjuːnɪs/: The state or quality of being yourself.
  94. young adjective, noun, verb /jʌŋ/: In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
  95. young adult noun: A person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience.
  96. young adulthood noun: The state or period of being a young adult.
  97. young and keen noun: fifteen
  98. young at heart adjective: Having the joy and vitality associated with younger people, despite one's own advanced age.
  99. young blood noun: Young or youthful people, especially as a source of revitalizing force (in a team, organization, etc.).
  100. young boul noun /jʌŋbuːl/: A young male.
  101. young boy noun: Synonym of little boy.
  102. young buck noun: An adventurous or high-spirited young man.
  103. Young dewberry noun: Synonym of youngberry.
  104. Young diagram noun: A finite collection of boxes, or cells, arranged in left-justified rows, with the row lengths in non-increasing order. Listing the number of boxes in each...
  105. young, dumb, and full of come adjective: Alternative form of young, dumb, and full of cum.
  106. Young Earth creationist noun: A proponent of Young Earth creationism.
  107. Young-Earther noun: An adherent of Young Earth Creationism.
  108. Young Englander noun: A member of Young England, a group of neofeudalist 19th-century Tories.
  109. young fogey noun: A young and overly conservative person.
  110. young fogy noun: Alternative spelling of young fogey.
  111. young fustic noun: A dye made from the plant Cotinus coggygria
  112. young ginger noun: An immature ginger root.
  113. young gun noun: A new or rising talent or star; rising star.
  114. young hand noun: A person lacking experience in something.
  115. young head noun: Alternative form of younghead.
  116. young-hearted adjective: young at heart
  117. young ice noun: Sea ice, formed during the previous winter, that is slightly older than nilas.
  118. Young Irelander noun: A supporter of the Young Ireland movement of the mid-19th century, which led changes in Irish nationalism, including an abortive rebellion in 1848.
  119. young lady noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see young, lady.
  120. young-lady-like adjective, adverb: Resembling or characteristic of a young lady.
  121. young-ladyish adjective: Befitting, or typical of, a young lady.
  122. young-ladyism noun: Behaviour befitting, or typical of, a young lady.
  123. young ladylike adjective: Alternative form of young-lady-like.
  124. Young-Madders syndrome noun: A genetic disorder characterized by holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, facial malformations and intellectual disability.
  125. young man noun: A term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young boy.
  126. young money noun: The disposable income of young people
  127. young moon noun: The phase of the moon when it is waxing, especially before quarter moon.
  128. young offender noun: A child who has been convicted of a criminal offense.
  129. young offender institution noun: A kind of youth detention centre
  130. young pioneer noun: A child who is a junior member of a Communist party, or similar movement.
  131. Young's modulus noun: The coefficient of elasticity of a solid; the rate of change of stress with strain.
  132. Young's syndrome noun: A rare disorder with syndromes such as bronchiectasis, rhinosinusitis, and reduced male fertility.
  133. Young-Simpson syndrome noun: A rare congenital disorder with symptoms including hypothyroidism, heart defects, facial dysmorphism, cryptorchidism in males, hypotonia, intellectual...
  134. young stunna noun: Loiter; idler (predominantly young male hip-hop hypebeasts)
  135. Young symmetrizer noun: An element of the group algebra of the symmetric group, constructed in such a way that, for the homomorphism from the group algebra to the endomorphisms of...
  136. Young tableau noun: A diagram obtained by filling in the boxes of the Young diagram with symbols from some alphabet, usually required to be a totally ordered set.
  137. Young Turk noun: From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.
  138. young'un noun /ˈjʌŋən/: Child.
  139. Youngberg proper noun: A surname.
  140. youngberry noun: A hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry of the rose family, first cultivated in the western United States.
  141. youngblood noun: Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.
  142. youngcel noun: A young incel.
  143. Youngdahl proper noun: A surname.
  144. youngen noun, verb: To make or become young.
  145. youngening noun, verb: The act or process of making or becoming young.
  146. younger adjective, noun /ˈjʌŋɡə/: Synonym of junior.
  147. younger brother noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
  148. younger sister noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
  149. youngerly adjective: young
  150. Youngerman proper noun: A surname from German.
  151. youngest adjective, noun /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/: superlative form of young: most young
  152. youngfolk noun: Children.
  153. youngfolks noun: Alternative form of youngfolk.
  154. younghead noun: Younghood, youth.
  155. younghood noun: Youth, the state of being young.
  156. Younghusband proper noun: A surname.
  157. Youngian adjective: Of or relating to Lester Young (1909–1959), American jazz musician.
  158. youngie noun: A young person.
  159. youngify verb: To make young or youthful, especially in appearance.
  160. youngin noun /ˈjʌŋɪn/: A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.
  161. younging noun, verb: The direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular formation
  162. younginid noun: Any member of the Younginidae.
  163. youngish adjective: Somewhat young.
  164. youngker noun: Alternative form of younker (“a young man”).
  165. younglet noun: A young person or animal.
  166. younglike adjective /ˈjʌŋˌlaɪ̯k/: Resembling being young.
  167. youngling adjective, noun /ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/: Young; youthful.
  168. Younglove proper noun /ˈjʌŋ.lʌv/: A surname.
  169. youngly adjective, adverb: Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.
  170. youngman noun: Obsolete form of young man.
  171. youngness noun: The state or qualities of being young or youthful; youth.
  172. youngon noun: Alternative form of youngin.
  173. youngsome adjective: Seemingly young in appearance, manner, or behaviour; youthful
  174. Youngson proper noun: A surname
  175. youngster noun /ˈjʌŋstə/: A young person.
  176. youngstock noun: young farm animals
  177. Youngstown proper noun: A village in southern Alberta, Canada.
  178. youngth noun: youth; the quality of being young
  179. youngthly adjective: youthful
  180. youngun noun: Alternative spelling of young'un.
  181. Younis proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
  182. younker noun: A young man; a lad, youngster.
  183. YouNower noun: A broadcaster on the broadcasting service YouNow.
  184. Yount proper noun: A surname.
  185. Yountville proper noun: A city in Napa County, California, United States.
  186. Younus proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
  187. your determiner, pronoun /jɔː(ɹ)/: Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
  188. your all's determiner: Belonging to the multiple persons being addressed.
  189. your barn door is open phrase: A discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone.
  190. your blood's worth bottling phrase: A statement of praise or admiration.
  191. your boy pronoun: I, me, or myself; yours truly.
  192. Your Britannic Majesty noun: An elaborate formal mode of address to a British monarch.
  193. your chariot awaits phrase: Used to inform someone that the vehicle in which they will be traveling is ready and waiting.
  194. Your Dukeness pronoun: A pseudo-title of respect used towards a duke.
  195. Your Excellency pronoun: A title of respect used when addressing heads of state other than monarchs, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, and...
  196. your face, your fate proverb: One's fate and how one is treated in life depends on one's looks.
  197. your girl pronoun: I, me, or myself; yours truly.
  198. your good name phrase: Your name.
  199. your good self noun: You; yourself.
  200. your goodself noun: Alternative form of your good self.
  201. your goodselves noun: plural of your goodself
  202. your grace pronoun: A title of respect used when addressing a duke or duchess or other high noble of equivalent rank.
  203. your guess is as good as mine phrase: I don't know; I have no idea.
  204. your guys's determiner, pronoun /(ˈ)jɝ(ˈ)ɡaɪzəz/: Alternative form of your guys'.
  205. your head phrase: My foot, my ass (a dismissive response to someone's remark)
  206. Your Highness pronoun: A title of respect used to address a prince or princess.
  207. Your Highnessness pronoun: Synonym of Your Highness.
  208. Your Holiness pronoun: An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader, such as the Pope.
  209. Your Honor pronoun: you
  210. Your Honour pronoun: A title used to address a judge or magistrate in court.
  211. Your Imperial Highness pronoun: A form of address used for an emperor or empress.
  212. Your Imperial Majesty pronoun: you (in direct address to an emperor or empress)
  213. Your Lordship pronoun: Used in direct address to certain judges, particularly High Court Judges and above.
  214. Your Maj pronoun: Your Majesty.
  215. Your Majesty pronoun: you (in direct address to such a monarch)
  216. your man noun, pronoun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see your, man.
  217. your mileage may differ phrase: Synonym of your mileage may vary.
  218. your mileage may vary phrase /jə ˈmaɪlədʒ meɪ ˈvɛəɹi/: It may work differently in your situation, or be different in your experience.
  219. your mission, should you choose to accept it phrase: Your mission or task; what you must do.
  220. your money is no good here phrase: One's purchases are on the house; one will not be charged for one's purchases; said to insist on comping or treating a customer.
  221. your money or your life interjection: A stereotypical threat used by robbers, implying that the victim will be killed unless they hand over their valuables.
  222. your mother interjection, pronoun: Alternative form of yo momma.
  223. your'n pronoun: Alternative form of yourn.
  224. your net worth is your network proverb: Alternative form of your network is your net worth.
  225. your network is your net worth proverb: Possessing the right or certain professional connections will ensure financial success in one's career.
  226. your nibs pronoun: his nibs in the second person
  227. your other left noun: Your right-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your left", having intended "your right".)
  228. your other right noun: Your left-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your right", having intended "your left".)
  229. your place or mine phrase: A question proposing sexual intercourse: shall we go to your home or mine to have sex?
  230. your reputation precedes you phrase: I have heard much about you.
  231. Your Rottenness pronoun: A pseudo-title of respect used towards a villain or another unlikeable person.
  232. Your Royal Highness pronoun: A form of address used for certain members of a royal family.
  233. Your Royal Majesty pronoun: A form of address used for certain members of a royal family.
  234. Your Serene Highness pronoun: A term of address used in addressing a personage of any of a variety of certain dignities, but chiefly a reigning or sovereign prince, such as those of...
  235. your servant noun, pronoun: Used as a greeting, especially to a lady.
  236. your vibe attracts your tribe proverb: People are attracted to others based on their appearance and behavior.
  237. your wish is my command phrase: Whatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away.
  238. your words, not mine phrase: Used to facetiously agree with someone's self-deprecating statement.
  239. Your Worship pronoun: A title used to address a magistrate, mayor, or clergyman
  240. Your Worshipfulness pronoun: A pseudo-title of respect.
  241. Yourcenarian adjective: Of or relating to Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), Belgian-born French novelist and essayist.
  242. yourn pronoun: Yours.
  243. yours pronoun /jɔː(ɹ)z/: That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
  244. yours'd contraction: Contraction of yours + would.
  245. yours ever phrase: a polite closing of a letter
  246. yours faithfully adjective: A polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.
  247. yours'll contraction: Contraction of yours + will.
  248. yours sincerely adjective: A polite, formulaic phrase used at the end of a letter, especially when the sender knows the recipient's name.
  249. yours trulies pronoun: we, us, or ourselves
  250. yours truly phrase, pronoun: Used to close a note or letter.
  251. yours've contraction: Contraction of yours + have.
  252. yourself pronoun /jəˈsɛlf/: Your own self (singular).
  253. yourselves pronoun /jəˈsɛlvz/: Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
  254. yoursen pronoun: Yourself.
  255. yous determiner, noun, pronoun, verb /juːz/: You.
  256. Yousaf proper noun: A surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Joseph.
  257. Yousafzai noun: Alternative form of Yusufzai.
  258. youse contraction, determiner, pronoun: Alternative form of yous.
  259. Yousef proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
  260. youself pronoun: Pronunciation spelling of yourself.
  261. youses pronoun /ˈjuːzɪz/: you (plural).
  262. youseself pronoun: Yourself, reflexive case of youse.
  263. youseselves pronoun: Yourselves, reflexive case of youse.
  264. Yousif proper noun: A surname.
  265. Youssef proper noun: A male given name.
  266. yousselves pronoun: Yourselves, reflexive case of yous.
  267. yousser determiner /ˈjɪ.zɚ/: Alternative form of yizzer.
  268. Yousuf proper noun: A surname.
  269. yousuns pronoun: Alternative form of you-uns.
  270. yout noun: Pronunciation spelling of youth.
  271. youth noun /juːθ/: The quality or state of being young.
  272. youth academy noun: An institution run by a sports team to train up young players they have signed.
  273. youth bulge noun: A demographic pattern where a high proportion of the population (of a country etc.) consists of children and young adults (usually between around 15 to 25...
  274. youth center noun: A building operated as a place for young people to meet and take part in recreational activities.
  275. youth centre noun: Alternative form of youth center.
  276. youth-centric adjective: Centred around, or aimed at, young people
  277. youth club noun: An organized group of young people who meet to take part in group activities.
  278. youth court noun: Synonym of juvenile court.
  279. youth crew noun: A hardcore punk music subculture of the 1980s, distinguished by its optimism and moralist outlook.
  280. youth crime noun: juvenile delinquency
  281. youth custody centre noun: A young offender institution (YOI).
  282. youth detention center noun: Alternative spelling of youth detention centre.
  283. youth detention centre noun: A secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents, awaiting court hearings or placement in long-term care facilities and...
  284. youth group noun: Synonym of youth club (“organized group of young people”).
  285. youth hostel noun /ˈjuːθ ˌhɒstəl/: An inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people.
  286. youth is wasted on the young phrase /ˌjuːθ‿ɪz ˈweɪstɪd‿ɒn ðə ˈjʌŋ/: Young people often fail to fully appreciate or utilize the vitality and opportunities that come with youth.
  287. youth movement noun: A political, religious, or social movement led by or consisting of mainly young people.
  288. youth-on-age noun: A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii
  289. youth organization noun: An organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for young people.
  290. youth work noun: A community support activity aimed at adolescents to support their growth and integration in society.
  291. youth worker noun: A person who works with youngsters, to promote informal education.
  292. youthemism noun: A euphemism that is used to appeal to older individuals, to make them feel younger.
  293. youthen verb /ˈjuːθən/: To make younger or more youthful.
  294. youthenise verb: Alternative spelling of youthenize.
  295. youthenize verb /ˈjuːθənaɪz/: To make (something) more appealing or relatable to young people
  296. youthenizing noun, verb: The act or process of making younger or more youthful.
  297. youthfest noun: A gathering of young people, or one where youth is celebrated.
  298. youthful adjective /ˈjuːθfəl/: Young or seeming young.
  299. youthful indiscretion noun: A minor mistake of a romantic or sexual nature, made by a young person.

Part 9 · Part 11 · English words: Y

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under Y: 3,488 words, in 12 parts.