Do you know what "yinz" means?

Question

I'm from Pittsburgh and it's a colloquilism used by most of the working class. Bonus if you can tell me what it means to "red up" something! lol Good luck!

Answer 1

THIS IS NOT ONLY USED BY THE WORKING CLASS BUT ANYONE WHO HAPPENS TO BE BORN IN SW PA. AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT . WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED ALL AROUND THE WORLD BY STRANGERS BECAUSE WE USE THESE WORDS ONLY .YOUNS , IS REALLY ALL OF YOU ! AND READ UP MEANS TO CLEAN UP ,, WE SAY GUM BANDS ,, AND WHATCHABENUPTO ? AS WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING LATELY ? SO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR LITTLE PHRASES . REMEMBER WE ARE THE MELTING POT OF PENNSYLVANIA , ALSO WE SAY POP INSTEAD OF SODA TOO .. I LOVE IT ...

Answer 2

Yinz Pittsburgh

Answer 3

Yinz is a term for "you all" used almost exclusively in Pittsburgh and other parts of western Pennsylvania. Similiar to "ya'll" in the Sourthern United States, "yinz" is a popular local slang term that is used sardonically in local culture. For example, a group of Pittsburgh area political cheerleaders call themselves "Yinz Cheer" and an area literary magazine is The New Yinzer, a take-off of The New Yorker. Also, stereotypical, blue collar Pittsbughers are affectionately nicknamed "Yinzers."

Answer 4

Contrary to popular belief this usage is not lazy or indecent nor is it as recent as many of you seem to think. At least as far back as the time of the American Revolution pls or plz was used in place of please in correspondence , again after the introduction of the telegraph, and most recently with the advent of text messaging, and all for the same reason, cost. During the early days of our country both paper and ink were expensive, so there were accepted methods of abbreviation to cram as much information into a letter as possible pls (or plz) was one example of this. When sending telegrams you were charged by the word (as in typing every 5 characters not actual words) so once again pls was used (among many other shortcuts u for you and so on) to make the sending of a message as cost effective as possible. As for text messaging, when first introduced, you may recall, we were charged per message we sent, so cutting letters out of messages meant a single text could be sent instead of two. It became a habit that carried over onto the internet, even though the need for the abbreviation no long exists,,,,to be fair though I am fairly sure you type OK or okay instead of Orl Korrekt which is the widely accepted original phrase the abbreviation came from, so can you really cast stones?

Answer 5

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Do you know what "yinz" means?
I'm from Pittsburgh and it's a colloquilism used by most of the working class. Bonus if you can tell me what it means to "red up" something! lol Good luck!

Answer 6

I have a good guess as to what 'redding up' must mean.
I think when you have sex with a girl and stay hard for a very long time and keep doing it, you know, slamming against her and all. After a while her thing becomes red from being hit on so many times. And so when he walks out to say hello to his friends they ask him as to how did he do. And he replies in a most boastful manner, "I red her up, man." And they know immediately that he lasted a long time.

Answer 7

yinz-i have heard it used as a term of soda pop
red up- ?

Answer 8

you all?

Can't remember what 'red up' is!

I know what j'eet is!

I'm from down the road (mo-town).

Answer 9

you all or many people and redd up is Clean up