What is Yonk?
1.
British Slang, Measurement of Time;
1) The unit of 'Yonk' is known to be exactly 3 Months and 13 Days.
--> Used to describe a long period since you last saw someone or something. Usually termed 'Yonks' rather than a 'Yonk'.
1)
BOB: "Gee Willy, I haven't seen you for Yonks!"
WILLY: "Yeah, must be about 3 Yonks actually."
2.
a long period of time
I waited at the restaurant for him for yonks and yonks
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3.
A word that is spoken or muttered while someone is in the process of swiping (
Dennis said 'yonk' as he swiped his cassette adaptor from the cassette deck of the Chevy Suburban. Now how am I going to listen to my iPod on the way home from work.
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4.
A period of time equivalent to three weeks. Based on the fact that there is a term for one week, two weeks (a fortnight) and almost precisely four weeks (a month).
Because events are rarely important enough to know that they are approximately three weeks away, the term is more usually used informally as a way of exaggerating a length of time.
"The tournament starts in a yonk, so we'd best start practising."
In its more informal usage: "Ah, the project's not in for yonks, yet, so don't worry about it."
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5.
A slang term for penis, usually used in the country or southern parts of the nation.
Me and Brian were wrestling and I think he grabbed my yonk.
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6.
The act of vomiting or the vomit itself.
Last night, Matt was so drunk he yonked into a barrel.
The yonk was all over his beard.
7.
a bird which long ago extinct from the face of the earth , aka the 'dodo'.
The only species of Yonk left is found in a methodist school in Singapore, it likes coconuts, but only those found on the ground, not those on the tree, which has a high risk of hitting Yonk's skull.
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