yikers

Expression of alarm

Yikers is a playful or softened variant of *yikes*, expressing surprise, alarm, or secondhand embarrassment: Yikers, that interview was painful to watch.

The added syllable gives it a cutesy or ironic tone, common in casual online speech.

slang

yeet

Fling forcefully, slangily

  • oofGrunt of discomfort
  • bruhInformal term for friend
  • susSlang for questionable

cringe · lowkey · highkey · salty · savage · sketchy · awkward · sheesh · no cap · deadass

reaction

cringe

Shrink from discomfort

embarrassing · shocking · alarming · startling · dismaying · unsettling · disconcerting · cringeworthy · secondhand embarrassment · wince

Opposites
emotional reaction

yikersmeh

Indifference, vocalized

whatever · okay · cool · no biggie · all good

valence of surprise

yikersyay

Exclamation of triumph

woohoo · hooray · hurrah · awesome · sweet

Family

yikes, yike

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G