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title: "yaas · GenZ Decoded"
description: "yaas: An emphatic, drawn-out yes expressing excitement or approval; rooted in ballroom culture. Example: \"Yaas, you look amazing in that dress!\""
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# yaas

Millennial[#cool](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/approval/)

**Meaning.** An emphatic, drawn-out yes expressing excitement or approval; rooted in ballroom culture.

See it in a sentence

Yaas, you look amazing in that dress!

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [Purr](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/purr/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    yaas,[YAS queen](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/yas-queen/)

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    emphatic, drawn-out yes expressing excitement or approval

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## Related slang

- [wicked](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/wicked/): Very good or excellent; also used as an intensifier meaning "very".
- [win](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/win/): A success or favorable outcome.
- [YAS queen](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/yas-queen/): Enthusiastic praise and encouragement toward someone; popularized by mid-2010s pop culture.
- [aced it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/aced-it/): Did something perfectly or succeeded completely.

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