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Pat Paulsen

Meaning of "up yours" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UP YOURS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UP YOURS

up the duff
up the pole
up the spout
up to
up to a point
up to date
up to high doh
up to one´s ears
up to one´s eyes
up to one´s neck in
up to putty
up to scratch
up to snuff
up to speed
up to the elbows with
up to the minute
up top
up with
up with the lark
up-anchor

WORDS THAT END LIKE UP YOURS

after-hours
business hours
colours
concours
contours
favours
honours
hours
of ours
of yours
office hours
opening hours
ours
Respectfully yours
the small hours
Tours
twenty-four hours
velours
you scratch my back and I´ll scratch yours
yours

Synonyms and antonyms of up yours in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «up yours» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UP YOURS

Find out the translation of up yours to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of up yours from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «up yours» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

去你的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

encima los suyos
570 millions of speakers

English

up yours
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तुम्हारा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تصل لك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Отвали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acima de seu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপ আপনার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

up Yours
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Up anda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

up Yours
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あなたのアップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당신 까지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Munggah sampeyan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lên của bạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உன்னுடையது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप आपली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Seninkiler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

up Yours
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

up Yours
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відвали
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a ta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η σειρά σου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

up joune
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upp din
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

up Yours
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of up yours

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UP YOURS»

The term «up yours» is regularly used and occupies the 100.829 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UP YOURS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about up yours

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QUOTES WITH «UP YOURS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word up yours.
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Pat Paulsen
I've upped my standards. Now, up yours.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UP YOURS»

Discover the use of up yours in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to up yours and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Up Yours!: George Hayduke's Guide to Advanced Revenge Techniques
Here are the meanest, nastiest pranks for snakelike salesmen, nagging relatives, nosy neighbors and all those people you love to hate. Read Up Yours! and start getting even today! For entertainment purposes only!
George Hayduke, 1982
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Up Yours!: A Guide to UK Punk, New Wave and Early Post Punk
The most comprehensive guide available to UK punk, new wave and post-punk music, this compendium provides an A-Z listing of relevant artists together with discographies, personnel details and, for most entries, comments on the music.
Vernon Joynson, 2001
3
Up Yours: Give Colon Cancer the Finger!
Randolph Henniger. spring for frozen bananas dipped in chocolate and rolled in nuts for the entire bunch of kids. No one worried about the little boy or his young friends. So long as they were home by dark, they had complete freedom to ...
Randolph Henniger, 2013
4
Investigating Computer-Related Crime, Second Edition
According to the Up Yours Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Up Yours is a program developed by AcidAngel of Global kOS to mail bomb specific users on the Internet. The present version is 100% completely anonymous and uses random ...
Peter Stephenson, Keith Gilbert, 2013
5
Up Yours: What to Do with an Engineering, Research, and ...
If you are working in engineering, research, or innovation, this book is for you.
Clifford L. Spiro, 2013
6
Dynamics of International Advertising: Theoretical and ...
International advertisers are increasingly employing ad-tracking studies — the continual monitoring of brand awareness, image, trials, and usage trends. Not long ago, 7 UP introduced a new campaign sporting the tagline "Make 7 UP Yours.
Barbara Mueller, 2004
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The Ethics of Indeterminacy in the Novels of William Gaddis
... in any intangible quality art may possess by describing the experience of listening to Bach's Cantata 21 as follows: "Okay, okay! I mean what I heard first there's all this high music right? So then this here lady starts singing up yours so then ...
Gregory Comnes, 1994
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Paper Empire: William Gaddis and the World System
So then this here lady starts singing up yours up yours so then this man starts singing up mine up mine, then there's some words so she starts singing up mine up mine so he starts singing up yours so then they go back and forth like that up ...
Joseph Tabbi, Rone Shavers, 2007
9
The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
The u-word may form part of an angry exhortation or insult, as in 'UP YOURS' — an expression of derision, as in UP YOURS FOR THE RENT, SPORT. To be UP YOURSELF is to be seriously misguided or simply conceited, possibly so FAR ...
Graham Seal, 1999
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Man on Spikes
The Maldeen manager turned and scowled. "Up yours, bush leaguer, up yours!" And he made the appropriate gesture with his finger. Herman laughed. "Up mine, up mine! What a brain that guy's got! For years he's been telling me, 'up yours!
Eliot Asinof, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UP YOURS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term up yours is used in the context of the following news items.
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Patriots Owner Robert Kraft's Strategy: 'Up Yours, NFL'
Tom Brady appeared untouchable following reports about his ability to let the air out of his own balls before Super Bowl 49. Robert Kraft, owner of the New ... «PRNewser, Jul 15»
2
Up Yours! Donald Trump Can Now Plug The Butthole Of Every …
It takes an assh*le to know an assh*le. Donald Trump considers himself to be a jack of all trades. But after the presidential hopeful sparked outrage with his ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»
3
AIDS foundation exec. to volunteer: 'Up yours'
SAN ANTONIO - Jack Downey, interim executive director of the San Antonio AIDS Foundation, was caught on camera Wednesday telling a volunteer, "up yours.". «KSAT San Antonio, Jul 15»
4
Dear Pravin, up yours
On Thursday the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Tshwane made public correspondence between the City of Tshwane and National Treasury, including a letter from ... «Moneyweb.co.za, Jul 15»
5
GOP lawmaker: Obama saying 'up yours' to Congress
Don Young (R-Alaska) on Tuesday said President Obama's executive order regarding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be summed up as: “Up yours.”. «The Hill, Jul 15»
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UP YOURS, HQ: Elderly Uber Driver Broke Company Gun Policy To …
San Francisco-based ride-sharing service Uber recently told drivers and customers they would not be allowed to be armed for their own self-defense. «Bearing Arms, Jun 15»
7
Up yours! Why charities keep giving us the finger
Poverty porn is being replaced by profanity. We explore the impact of charity campaigns such as British Heart Foundation's Dechox and WaterAid's Tough Sh!t. «The Guardian, May 15»
8
Hey, London Developers: Up Yours!
High-rises shoot up like bamboo. ... Offsite Gallery, British artist and city native Gram Hilleard captures a growing sentiment in town: "Developers, Up Yours. «CityLab, Apr 15»
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Finally, Someone's Said It: Developers Up Yours
Finally, Someone's Said It: Developers Up Yours ... Gram Hilleard: Developers Up Yours is on at Offsite Gallery, 175-185 Gray's Inn Road, WC1X 8UE until 7 ... «Londonist, Apr 15»
10
Developers, up yours! Anti-gentrification postcards – in pictures
The series, entitled Developers Up Yours, attacks the capital's rapid gentrification. “My family's been in this area of London for the last 200 years,” says Hilleard, ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»

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