Word of the Day: Yap

No, not the island.

Apparently, people are reusing the old work ‘yap’ in a new internet way:

In the internet context, I would say somebody that’s a yapper is somebody that talks too much or is an over-sharer. Somebody that just keeps on talking to fill the air. If it gets quiet, they just don’t stop talking.

| Taylor-Nicole Limas, ‘a 27-year-old influencer and self-proclaimed yapper in Chicago’, according to Madison Malone Kircher.

Merriam-Webster defines ‘yap’ old school, like this:

yap

1 of 2

verb

ˈyap 

yapped; yapping

Synonyms of yap

intransitive verb

1: to talk in a shrill insistent way : CHATTER

2: to bark snappishly : YELP

yapper noun

yap

2 of 2

noun

1a: a quick sharp bark : YELP

1b: shrill insistent talk : CHATTER

2: an unsophisticated, ignorant, or uncouth person : BUMPKIN

3 slang : MOUTH