verb🔥 Gen-Z slang

yap

to talk way too much

What it means

To talk excessively, often about nothing important. A person who won't stop talking is a 'yapper,' a long-winded ramble is a 'yapping session,' and 'yap city' jokingly marks someone who's overdoing it.

Examples

  • He yapped for an hour about his fantasy football team.
  • Sorry for yapping, anyway, back to the point.
  • She's such a yapper, you can't get a word in.
  • Stop yapping and just send me the address.

Where it comes from

An old word for a dog's incessant barking that Gen Z repurposed for over-talking; 'yapper' and 'yap city' blew up as TikTok and Twitch slang around 2023.

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