YABBER, v.i.. To circle the drain counter-clockwise.

YACHT, n.  A vessel for exploring the harbor and liquor cabinet in.

YAHOO, n.  A yokel with airs.

YANK, v.  To tug at a dog on a leash or man with a lease.

YAP, n.  A derisive term for the source of derisive terms.

YARD, n.  In a typical household, the outside frustration.

YARDAGE, n.  The hundred virtues of American civilization.

YARD SALE, n.  A social event where jetsam mingles with flotsam.

YAWN, n.  The invisible interruption.

Y-AXIS, n.  In the Cartesian coordinate system, the system for denoting the inordinate value.  The vertical expression of exaggeration.

YEAR, n.  A standard for the measurement of time often used for planning and composed of 365 days, which unit is most commonly the material for alibis and itself composed of 24 hours the unit lavishly granted for quitting one's nation of origin.

YEARN, v.t.  To indulge the appetite for hunger.

YELL, v.i.  To grieve without sympathy.

YELLOW, adj.  Bearing the color of a statesman’s skin.

YELLOW, v. To greaten.

YELLOW FEVER, n.  The clinical name for the pundit’s art.  See JAUNDICE.

YEN, n.  The dame of disappointment, patriarch of the platform.

YELP, n.  The substance of oratory.

YEOMAN, n.  A common man with soft hands.

2.  A farmer clever enough to appear simple and dirty enough to seem wholesome.

YES MAN, n.  An advisor.

YESTERDAY, n.  The dormitory to which we confine our sins until needed.

YIELD, v.t. To sideswipe.

YIELDING, adj.  Outfoxed at chicken.

YIP, n.  A canine stump speech.

YIPPEE, int. The expression of a leader after a somber speech.

YODEL, n. The high lonesome song of an indifferent sadist.

YOGA, n. The art of honoring one’s own nature unnaturally.  Autopretzelry.

YOGURT, n. Sour milk taken for health.

YULETIDE, n.  A season for burying the year’s resentments beneath a layer of tinsel.