English
Noun
yinzer
- A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Etymology
Yinzer references the "Pittsburghese" dialect's use of yinz as the plural of the second person pronoun you. Yinz is itself a contraction of the Appalachian dialect's you-uns.
Compare y'all.
References
http://english.cmu.edu/pittsburghspeech/
http://www.pittsburghese.com
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