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Meaning of yam yam | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A person who speaks the Black Country dialect.
  2. Heroin.
  3. The dialect spoken in the Black Country.

Examples

“"What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!".”
You may have seen it during the never-ending repeats of Seinfeld. Elaine has a bagel or two for breakfast, takes a drug test for work, and the next day finds out she tested positive for opium - “You know, white lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally,” her boss, Mr. Peterman, tells her.”
“In the episode with Robert Duvall, Buz revealed that in the past he had his own problems with the White Horse, the Brown Sugar, the old Yam Yam, which seemed like a really cool thing to me.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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