And Sometimes Y

February 24, 2005 7:20 PM

Homework Filter: My child is doing a homework project, and she needs to come up with a word that begins with the letter "Y" to describe some aspect of herself. I suggested Yipee, Yikes, Yellow...and then ran dry. Any word-savvy MeFites have ideas? Much obliged.
posted by davidmsc to Writing & Language (24 answers total)

Young.
posted by mookieproof at 7:22 PM on February 24, 2005

Yankee? Yodeling? Yeasty? Yearning?
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:25 PM on February 24, 2005

Yeoman-like? Yea-high? Yawning? Yielding?
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:26 PM on February 24, 2005

Yule-loving?
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:27 PM on February 24, 2005

Yokeable
posted by smackfu at 7:33 PM on February 24, 2005

Yonder?
posted by jonmc at 7:37 PM on February 24, 2005

Yummy. Yearning. Youthful. Yours. Yourself. Yellow. Yiddish. Yegg.

Or how about 'yeanling', an archaic term for 'infant' (or the offspring of a sheep - I think)?
posted by wackybrit at 7:44 PM on February 24, 2005

yahoo, yakker, yammerer, yank, yapper, yawner, yearling, yearner, yeller, yellow, yoeman, yeti, yielder, yippie, yob, yodeller, yogi, yogini, yokel, young, younger, youngish, youth, youthful, yummy.
posted by crunchland at 7:45 PM on February 24, 2005

yappy
posted by ajr at 7:46 PM on February 24, 2005

yucky
posted by sadie01221975 at 7:50 PM on February 24, 2005

Yahweh
posted by Wet Spot at 7:59 PM on February 24, 2005

Response by poster: Outstanding - thank you MeFites! I think that she is going to opt for YOUNG or YOUTHFUL -- why I never thought of them I'll never understand.

And bonus points to luriete for his suggestion of Yngwie Malmsteen.
posted by davidmsc at 8:10 PM on February 24, 2005

Y-shaped (to be said while standing with legs together and arms in the air).
posted by nicwolff at 8:19 PM on February 24, 2005

Yiddish
posted by bonaldi at 8:21 PM on February 24, 2005

Yentl?
posted by five fresh fish at 8:47 PM on February 24, 2005

x Years Old.
posted by fionab at 9:29 PM on February 24, 2005

Ymaginative
posted by inviolable at 11:17 PM on February 24, 2005

yelping
yodelling
yeehawing
youthful
yabbering
yahing
yapping
yucky
yakking
yielding
yawning
yippiekayaying

(Is it just me or does that column of y's start to look wrong somehow?)
posted by biffa at 2:40 AM on February 25, 2005

yeasty?! ewww.
yoghurt-eating? yoghurt-hating? if you can have compound things (adjectival phrases, i guess, if you drops the hyphen) like that, then yellow-haired is also possible.
posted by andrew cooke at 5:33 AM on February 25, 2005

Yictionary?
posted by grateful at 7:04 AM on February 25, 2005

Let's hope she never has to use Yenta.
posted by Hillman Cobs at 8:01 AM on February 25, 2005

Yemmenic?
Yolanda-ish?
your's?
Yankee?
yawning?
posted by Capn at 8:03 AM on February 25, 2005

You.

(Unless you're in Kansas, of course...)
posted by alasdair at 10:25 AM on February 25, 2005

Ask.Metafilter (to do your kid's homework) ;)
posted by iamck at 1:38 PM on February 25, 2005