Meanings
nounYL (plural YLs)
plural YLs
- slangA female radio amateur.
Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.
1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140
Origin
In radio sense: short for young lady.
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