In real life and online, you'll constantly hear people from New York use the slang word Yurr or Yerr in a variety of different contexts and inflections. If you're not from the area, you likely haven't picked up on the proper context of when to use it, or what it's used for. The most common way that yurr is used is as an opening or greeting to a sentence, in which case it takes over for "hey."

Here's everything you need to know about the slang term yerr and how to properly use it.

Where Does "Yurr" Come From?

Though there are many different origins for yurr and yerr given, the most common threads between them are that it has to do with New York culture, possibly a play on the expression "you heard," making early usage of it take place at the end of sentences instead of before. According to Urban Dictionary, "YERR" is identified as originating first, with a definition being put up on September 8th, 2003, by user tec. Although the meaning is slightly different from today's usage, it's still quite similar.

The word picked up usage in 2019, with the primary mode of exposure being TikTok due to the reliance on audio and easy sharing and remixing of other people's audio samples. This led to videos where yurr is used in its current, most correct usage, from there branching out from New York's geolocation and spreading out to other states.

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Yurr Usage In Memes

Yurr is mostly used as an auxiliary word in tweets, used to mostly accentuate the main point of the tweet instead of adding to it in a significant way, which also follows its usage in TikToks as well. This leads yurr to be mostly seen as a filler word inside memes, as it's rarely used as part of the punchline, which is the main point of the video.

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What Does "Yer" Slang Mean?

Yer is used as a word that means "hey" the majority of the time and often is used at the beginning or end of a sentence.

How Do You Use Yerr and Yurr In A Sentence?

• Yurr Who Up rn?

• Boutta get some Pizza Yerrrrrrrrrr

• If you come thru Yerr atcha boy

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For the full history of "Yurr / Yerr," be sure to check out our entry on the slang term here for even more information.