# Do you say "yonks ago"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-yonks-ago/452326>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-yonks-ago/452326 "2008-06-09T15:21:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-yonks-ago/452326/41 "2008-06-10T14:00:39Z")

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Never heard of it; I do, however, say “[Yoicks! And away!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTvOSndtUM)” a fair bit.

(Go to about 4:15 for the reference.)

(Not a RickRoll, I promise.)  
RR

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-yonks-ago/452326/42 "2008-06-10T14:23:51Z")

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Sure I use it.

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**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-yonks-ago/452326/43 "2008-06-10T14:28:09Z")

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Yup. Well, “…in yonks.”, not “…yonks ago.” But nonetheless, “yonks” is used.

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**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-yonks-ago/452326/44 "2008-06-10T16:40:34Z")

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I say it, but again . . . in yonks, . . . for yonks. Not yonks ago.

Bloody stupid word though 🙂 Does one ever measure a single yonk?

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-yonks-ago/452326/45 "2008-06-10T17:29:59Z")

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in yonks and yonks ago. I use them both.

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