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The word "yo-yo" means, "come, come" or "come back," in Tagalog, the native language of the Philippines.

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it was, historically, an obsolete form of you; in modern use, it has been reprised as a dialectical pronunciation of you, especially in Black English. It was first recorded in print with this use in 1848.

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sailors & hunters have been saying it since around 1420 tho it didnt become a greeting til 1859 & didnt really catch on til World War II roll calls & then for some reason appears to have grown strongest in philadelphia

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A bowlderized form of "you" or "hey,you" or "yes"

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It is a Yoruba word meaning "devine"

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