# Yeah yeah yeah is a stupid expression. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 23, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-is-a-stupid-expression/438868 "2008-02-23T18:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-is-a-stupid-expression/438868/41 "2008-02-28T16:47:11Z")
[QUOTE=Staggerlee] [snip]so this is a pointless pitting. [/QUOTE] I _thought_ I could hear **Two and a Half** saying “Gotcha ya ya ya.” ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-is-a-stupid-expression/438868/42 "2008-02-28T16:54:02Z")
[QUOTE=as\_u\_wish] So, do we have to start saying “yadda” instead of yadda, yadda, yadda? Can we still say “no, no, a thousand times no?” [/QUOTE] This phrase has now been replaced by the more-efficient “one thousand two times no.” ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-is-a-stupid-expression/438868/43 "2008-02-28T19:53:46Z")
[QUOTE=Intelligently Designed] [John Mellencamp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoQNXWgopg) has also used it. [/QUOTE] So has Joan Osborne. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeah-is-a-stupid-expression/438868.md?page=2)