Meaning of yonks | Babel Free

Definitions

A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only, slang

Examples

“Haven’t seen him in yonks!”

“I’ve been a teacher for yonks–I should really try⟳ another career.”

“This egg is taking yonks to boil.”

“I rang singer Julie Driscoll […] She said: "I haven't heard from you for yonks[…]"”

“Alas, the comics for that age group have⟳ nearly all picture stories today—and of course the ones for younger readers have⟳ been that way for yonks (sorry, years).”

“It's what Miss⟳ Brunskill calls ‘our little backwater’. We're more or less fixtures there and have⟳ been for yonks.”

““Yonks,” he replies when I ask⟳ how long he's been stateside. “It's not like⟳ I've become⟳ American. I'm in England every year.””

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