| Y |
Japanese yen; Chinese yuan; Yugoslavia; short for YMCA, YWCA, etc – qv |
| y |
yard; yacht; year; yellow; young; youngest; variable (algebra); dry air (meteorology); symbol for any unknown factor (as in xy) |
| YA |
young adult |
| YAG |
yttrium-aluminium garnet (artificial diamond) |
| YAL |
Young Australia League |
| Y&LR |
York and Lancaster Regiment |
| Y&R |
Young and Rubicam (advertising agency) |
| YAR |
York-Antwerp Rules (marine insurance) |
| Yard, The |
Scotland Yard |
| YAS |
Yorkshire Agricultural Society |
| YAVIS |
young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, successful (ideal profile) |
| YB, yb |
yearbook |
| YC |
Young Conservative; yacht club; Yale College (US); youth club |
| YCA |
Youth Camping Association |
| Y-chromosome |
Sex chromosome in male humans and many male animals |
| Y2K |
Second millennium; year 2000 |
| YCL |
Young Communist League |
| YCW |
Young Christian Workers; you can’t win |
| yd |
yard (yds = yards) |
| YE |
Your Excellency |
| yel |
yellow |
| Yem |
Yemen; Yemeni |
| YEO |
Youth Employment Officer |
| yer |
yearly effective rate of interest |
| YES |
Youth Employment Service; Youth Enterprise Scheme |
| YFC |
Young Farmers’ Club |
| YFG |
yttrium-ferrite garnet (qv YAG, YIG) |
| Y-fronts |
style of men’s underpants, having a Y opening |
| YH |
youth hostel |
| YHA |
Youth Hostels Association |
| YHANI |
Youth Hostels Association of Northern Ireland |
| YHWH |
consonant letters of the Hebrew name for God (Yahweh or Jehovah), regarded as too sacred to be pronounced (also YHVH, JHVH, JHWH) |
| Yid |
Yiddish; Yiddisher; derogatory name for a Jew |
| YIG |
yttrium-iron garnet (qv YFG, YAG) |
| Yippie |
Youth International Party member |
| YMBA |
Yacht and Motor Boat Association |
| YMCA |
Young Men’s Christian Association |
| YMCU |
Young Men’s Christian Union |
| YMFS |
Young Men’s Friendly Society |
| YMHA |
Young Men’s Hebrew Association |
| YMV |
yellow mosaic virus |
| yo |
year-old (eg a 2-yo stallion) |
| YOB, yob |
year of birth |
| YOC |
Young Ornithologists’ Club (RSPB) |
| YOD, yod |
year of death |
| YOM, yom |
year of marriage |
| YOP |
Youth Opportunities Programme |
| Yorks |
Yorkshire |
| you’re |
you are |
| you’ve |
you have |
| YP |
young person; young prisoner |
| YPA |
Young Pioneers of America |
| yr |
year; your; younger |
| YRA |
Yacht Racing Association |
| yrbk |
yearbook |
| yrly |
yearly |
| yrs |
years; yours (also Yrs) |
| YS |
Young Socialists |
| Ys |
Yugoslavia; Yugoslavian (also Yugo) |
| YT |
Yukon Territory |
| YTD, ytd |
year to date |
| YTS |
Youth Training Scheme |
| YTYTK |
‘You’re too young to know!’ (catchphrase from ITMA radio show) |
| Yugo |
Yugoslavia; Yugoslavian car brand |
| Yuk |
Yukon |
| yuppie |
young upwardly mobile professional (profile) |
| YWCA |
Young Women’s Christian Association |
| YWCTU |
Young Women’s Christian Temperence Union |
| YWHA |
Young Women’s Hebrew Association |
| YWS |
Young Wales Society |