yam yam

See also: yamyam

English

Etymology 1

From the local use of "yow am" (or "yow'm") instead of "you are".

Noun

yam yam (countable and uncountable, plural yam yams)

1. (countable, UK, informal, sometimes derogatory) A person who speaks the Black Country dialect.
2. (UK, informal, uncountable, sometimes derogatory) The dialect spoken in the Black Country.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from yam or yum yum.

Noun

yam yam (uncountable)

1. (uncountable, colloquial) Heroin.
   • 2007 May 15, Anahad O'Connor, Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In‎^[1], page 70:

     You may have seen it during the never-ending repeats of Seinfeld. Elaine has a bagel or two for breakfast, takes a drug test for work, and the next day finds out she tested positive for opium - “You know, white lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally,” her boss, Mr. Peterman, tells her.

   • 2010, Alexei Sayle, Stalin Ate My Homework‎^[2]:

     In the episode with Robert Duvall, Buz revealed that in the past he had his own problems with the White Horse, the Brown Sugar, the old Yam Yam, which seemed like a really cool thing to me.