Meanings
interjection
- nonstandardoften African-American VernacularNonstandard spelling of yes'm.
“Oh, yas'm. I seed him. I seed him,” and Uncle Billy floundered for a moment, caught in his own trap.
1914, Edward Peple, The Littlest Rebel, page 211 more example
“Yas'm, this is our Jeremiah. Three months old.” “Congratulations, Martha. He looks a fine, healthy boy.” “Yas'm, that he is.”
2010, Sara Donati, Into the Wilderness: A Novel, page 657
Origin
yas + -'m, a contraction of ma'am (itself a contraction of madam).
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APA
yas'm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yas'm
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yas'm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yas'm.
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