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Modern usage seems to have originated in Canadian slang, compare other modern respellings of i with y like whyte (which also coincides with an older spelling variant).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Usually added to the end of a sentence to add emphasis. Full definition →
Modern usage seems to have originated in Canadian slang, compare other modern respellings of i with y like whyte (which also coincides with an older spelling variant).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.