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Noun: yer  yur
  1. Either of two letters in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
    "For determining whether a yer is strong or weak, it is necessary to break the continuous flow of speech into individual words, or prosodic units (phrases which have only a single stressed syllable, and typically include a preposition or other clitic words)."; "Look at yer both, dripping mucky water and mud all over my clean floor"
Pronoun: yer  yur
Usage: slang
  1. Your

Derived forms: yers

Type of: glide, semivowel

Encyclopedia: Yer