yups

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   particlecolloquial

   An informal, offhand way of saying yes, used to agree with or affirm something in casual speech.

   Yups, that sounds like a plan to me.

   He shrugged and offered a lazy yups before going back to his coffee.

   Similaryes, yeah

   Oppositeno, nope

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   nouncolloquial

   Plural of yup.

   A chorus of yups went around the table when he proposed pizza.

   His emails were full of curt yups and little else.

   Note

   Two different nouns share this plural. When yup means a counted yes, the plural gathers affirmative answers: a chorus of them, an inbox full of curt ones. When yup is a clipping of yuppie, or an initialism for young urban professional, the plural names people instead. A line about yups moving into a neighborhood is about professionals, not agreement. Only context tells them apart, and the same spelling also serves as the casual 'yes' particle.

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