Street voices
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United States
"Yammering the act of talking on and on about unimportant stuff that nobody cares about Yeah, man, I'm totally cool man, I'm totally cool I could down five beers no ten beers without passing out promise you What are you yammering on about? No one cares, man"
What it means
To yammer is to talk nonstop in a nagging, whingey way, or just waffle without landing the point. It’s that constant noise that makes you want to lob a cushion at them or politely tell them to give it a rest. Can be harmless chatter, but it usually hints the listener’s patience is hanging by a thread.
Usage examples
"He yammered all the way up the hill about the cold, mate. It was just a bit nippy, not Everest in trainers and a hoodie."
"He yammered about the football result for the entire bus ride, and by our stop I could have recited the score in my sleep."
Where it comes from
An old echo word, yammer mimics the relentless drone of someone who will not stop, a cousin of the German jammern, to wail. The sound is the meaning, a noise that wears your patience clean through.
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