Youse

an australian collective noun describing a group of people. the word has a similiar meaning to “you guys”.
i’ll see youse all later.
love youse all.
what are youse doing tonight.
second person plural.
a grammatical necessity which is sadly lacking in the english language.
french has “vous” (informal and formal)
and german has “ihr” (informal) and sie (formal).

the southern usa version is “you all”
youse are too many to all get into the one car.
(australian) of bogan origins.
plural of you. referring to a more that one person. the pinnacle of ignorant grammar.

non-bogans think this term is hilarious, especially when used by a bogan or by another non-bogan imitating a bogan.

bogans can’t spell this word, known variations are: yous, you’s (the reason for apostrophe usage is yet to be discovered depite teams of scholars devoting their efforts)
“what’re youse guys doin’ youse wanna get some beers of somethink?”
local dialect for ‘mate’ used in a greeting by those usually born and bred in neston/ little neston (cheshire) to a greater degree and parkgate and ness to a lesser degree – largely in decline owing to the traditional ‘born and bred’ local populous being watered down by non-locals, particularly those from ellesmere port, birkenhead and liverpool and those entirely foreign to the area

pr-nounced ‘use’, rhyming with ‘juice’ – not be to confused with the liverpool pr-nunciation ‘ewes’ – same word but different meaning

history – there are two historical theories behind the word;

1. neston colliery (closed in 1927) – a particular foreman at the colliery was said to have chose the men he wanted to work on a daily basis by pointing to each man and stating ‘you sir’ – so it allegedly became somewhat of a joke and subsequent use of the two words combined was borne. nb. ‘youser’ is one of two words (also ‘owden) used to describe a true native of neston or the surrounding areas

2. deer hunting – it is said that when deer hunting took place in parkgate and the surrounding area, the working parties would greet the hunters/gentlemen with ‘good morning sir’ and were greeted back with ‘and to you, sir’ or vice versa or possibly even just between the hunters/gentlemen. again, the supposition in that the combination of the two words ‘you, sir’ formed what is still used today
youser 1 – ‘aw’reet youse?’

youser 2 – ‘aye, aw’reet me old tait’
pr-noun: south philly term refering to several people.
youse guy know where i can get some tomato pie?
something that isn’t a word but which you may hear from the lowest, most unintelligent, least educated, morons on this earth.

usually spoken by the same morons who also use the non-existent words: somethink and disorientated.
man: “hey! has any of youse got a smoke?”
woman: “i love youse guys!”

ergh! i hate hearing ‘youse!’
youse – (sometimes pr-nounced “yiz”) northern new jersey plurel of “you”.
i, you, he, she, it
we, youse, they

example (actually heard from a deli counter person to a group of construction workers–this is a famous 4-youse example) “youse are tellin’ me youse are hungry, but youse aren’t tellin’ me what youse want.” this is sometimes pr-nounced “yiz”
the second more accepted form of the you plural in the dialect between philadelphia and boston used when you are talking with parents acquaintences or a general crowd
wow mom and dad had no idea youse were coming tonight!

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