up yours

interjection

Expression to show discontent with the other party, or to show contempt.

“Up yours!—I’m not giving you any!”

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Meanings

interjection
  1. mildlyvulgarExpression to show discontent with the other party, or to show contempt.

    You dare come here dressed so horribly? Well, up yours!

    2 more examples

    I thought, OBE me? Up yours, I thought.

    2003 November 27, Benjamin Zephaniah, “Me? I thought, OBE me? Up yours, I thought”, in the Guardian

    And I'm not taking down that tweet or acknowledging that my tweet violated the Twitter rules. Up yours, woke moralists. We'll see who cancels who.

    2022 July 1, Jordan Peterson, 14:10 from the start, in Twitter Ban, YouTube, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022
  2. vulgarGo away! Go to hell!

    Up yours!—I’m not giving you any!

    1 more example

    You’ve done enough to ruin our outing, so up yours!

Synonyms & antonyms

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screw youup your ass

Origin

Short for shove it up your ass.

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Cite this entry
APA

up yours. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20yours

MLA

“up yours.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20yours. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up yours,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20yours.

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