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Yanking your chain
Mildly antagonising another person for amusement
Keep your shirt on, I'm just yankin' your chain.
Yeh Nah
No, simply, when you want to say no, you say yeh nah.
Want to come to help me move? Yeh, Nah.
Yobbo
A loud mouthed, badly dressed Aussie male
He's a yobbo.
Yonks
A long time
They’ve been here for yonks.
You little ripper
That's great
I can't believe it, we won! You little ripper!
You've gotta be jokin'
Rejecting a statement that is based on a seemingly ludicrous premise
Person 1: You know Johnno is getting married next week! Person 2: You've gotta be jokin, I thought he was still married.