Meanings
- slanglifestyleAn exclamation of happiness or excitement.
Ah! It worked! Yatta!
2004 December 6, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: Video player help”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet)5 more examples
Okay. Let's just launch a killer attack on the whole tribe! Kill off Cologne and Shampoo first, then get rid of the rest of the bunch! Then no more Shampoo-like girls going to attack people who beat them up, since they're all dead! Yatta!! Good idea!!!
1996 January 16, Caroline Ann Seawright, “Re: Shampoo Bashing! (was Ranma 1/2: Denial)”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet)I put in a US game and tried it and it worked perfectly. Then I put in a Japanese game and it worked also. Yatta!
1997 February 2, Kimo Kim, “NCS Mod review”, in rec.games.video.sony (Usenet)"Yatta!" crowed the brunette. "Two for two!"
1999 May 20, LeVar Bouyer, “[FANFIC] Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Orion 408”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet)Yatta! File restored!
2008 1 July, Antonio Ospite, "ext3grep: success story. Thanks!", ext3grep, Google GroupsYatta! I’ll go get my script, and be right back!
2009, Giz, Menage a 3: I <3 Magical Zii
Origin
- Japaneseやった“hurrah!, I did it!”
- Englishyatta
Borrowed from Japanese やった (yatta, “hurrah!, I did it!”).
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yatta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yatta
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