y'allselves

English

Etymology

From y'all +‎ -selves.

Pronoun

y'allselves

1. (US, nonstandard, rare) Yourselves.
   • 1958, National Speleological Society, NSS News, page 65:

     Thus, the list is Bill Varnedoe (NSS 3160) Field Trip Coordinator
     
     tailored both for the “do-it-y’allselves” cavers and for the convention field-trippers.

   • 1980, Samuel Wheat, Melting Pot: A Novel, page 137:

     “Oh, yeah, I’ll do that. And y’all take care of y’allselves. —And write me.”

   • 1996: James Earl Hardy, 2 ^nd Time Around, p104

     I know both of y’all better than y’all know y’allselves.

   • 2005, J. C. Arlington, A Red Horse Rode Out, page 17:

     Y’all worms call y’allselves soldiers? Y’all still wet behind the ears from being coddled by your mamas!

Related terms

• y’allself

Anagrams

• valleyless