What is Yonks?
1.
An extrememly long time. (noun)
Dude, I haven't spoken to you in yonks!
2.
a long time
I went out with her for yonks
3.
Many years. Ages.
I've been living in New York for yonks now
4.
a very long time, usually a number of years
"I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, been over the edge for yonks, been working me buns off for bands..."
-Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (Speak to Me)
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5.
A long time - too long to contemplate!
The quote in Floyd is closer to this: 'I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, I've been over the edge for yonks; it's working with bands so long, I think - crikey!'
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6.
all though originally meaning "a long time" it has been loosely evolved to also mean "a lot of something" or "many"
I have yonks of work I gotta' catch up on...
Person A: Have you ever had a latte?
Person B: yeah, yonks...
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