Meanings
nounyah-yah (uncountable)
- informaluncommonuncountablePointless or tiresome talk.
There's a lot of yah-yah about parity, but parity is of no value to our people if they don't have the acreage.
1957, United States Congressional Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, quoting Barrett C. Shelton, Cotton Programs, page 251 more example
Yah-yah about the term lesbian has been a considerable source of argument here, too. Curiously enough, it is gay men who insist that lesbians change our names.
1986 February 22, Wizard Marks, “How About 'Lesbian Men'”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 5
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