What it means
Another go at a plural you, this one heard in Ireland, Liverpool, New York and across Australia. Youse does the same job as y'all, rounding up a whole group, but it carries a working-class, big-city edge rather than a Southern drawl.
Usage examples
"Are youse lot coming down the pub or what? Last orders is at eleven and I'm not waiting about."
"Are youse coming to the barbecue on Saturday or what?"
"Right, listen up, youse lot, the bus leaves in five minutes."
Where it comes from
A homemade plural of you, built by adding an s the way you would to any noun. It rode out of Ireland into Liverpool, New York and Australia, giving working-class city speech its own answer to the Southern y'all.
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