Etymology

gap yah

Today it means: A gap year. Full definition →

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From stereotypical pronunciation by the privileged upper class. Compare yah (“an upper-class person”). Gap Yah was the name of a comedy sketch of this kind, published on YouTube in February 2010.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.