all y'all
Every single person
All y'all is an emphatic or explicitly inclusive form of y'all, used in Southern American dialects to make clear that every single person in a group is meant, not just some: All y'all need to be there by noon.
Where y'all might address a few people, all y'all sweeps in everyone without exception.
- everyoneAll people collectively
- youseInformal second-person plural
- crowdLarge public gathering
- folksPeople in general
- you lotPlural second person
addressees · gathering · you people · fixin' · bless your heart · inclusion · holler · unity · community · good ol' boys · sweet tea · togetherness · collective · friendly · front porch · Sunday dinner · come on in · accent
- Southern dialectfixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy, yonder