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Example Sentences
“I sat down and wrote down all the things I can’t stand about people. The things that really got me like, yech, ick,” she said, one hand raised in disgust.
Yech,” posted another, Julie M., who used a chamber in New York and wrote that she “couldn’t stand the mustiness after about 15 min so left early.”
The new iPad has an optional $99 stylus, called the "Pencil", which amused many on social media: in 2007 Apple then-CEO Steve Jobs told a tech conference, "Yech, nobody wants a stylus."
Jackie Mason observed that when gentiles first ate pastrami they used mayo, but after trying mustard “they become like Jews”: one look at someone wielding the white stuff and “they say, ‘Yech.’
You essentially are announcing to the world that you are coupled up, your pal wants you to be, but you feel "yech" when it comes to doing the deed.
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When To Use
Yech is an informal word you say when you think something is gross or disgusting. It means the same thing as yuck, which is much more common.Yech is also sometimes spelled yecch.It’s an interjection, which is a term used to express an emotion or indicate how you feel about something, typically outside of a sentence.Yech is primarily used to indicate that you think a food is particularly disgusting or unappetizing. It can be used upon actually tasting something or simply upon looking at it, smelling, or maybe even feeling it—you might say yech if something feels slimy, for example.Yech is also sometimes used to express disgust about other things, such as something filthy or unpleasant weather, as in It’s so hot and sticky outside. Yech.The adjective yechy is based on yech and means gross, disgusting, or unappetizing. It means the same thing as yucky, which is much more common.Example: Broccoli? Yech! I’d rather eat my own socks.
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