YOLO

[ yoh-loh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

You only live once! (used especially to rationalize impulsive or reckless behavior):
I bought those expensive shoes I've been eying—YOLO!

verb (used without object)

to engage in impulsive or reckless behavior with this sort of rationalization:
We’ve been YOLOing all night.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of YOLO¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; but popularized by the Canadian rapper Drake in his song “The Motto”

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Example Sentences

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Feather River, for example, serves students in Sutter, Butte, Yuba, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo and Colusa counties, according to the school’s website.

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Across the Sacramento River and the county line, the other major towns in Yolo County followed not too long after.

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“I’m very worried that it could affect the entire tomato industry,” said Bruce Rominger, who grows tomatoes along with other produce on a farm in Yolo County in the Sacramento Valley.

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The fourth-generation Kodas still farm rice today, in Yolo County.

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Then in 1989, David Hunt and Doug Lainer were arrested as suspects in Yolo County.

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yolk stalk Yom Kippur

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