Webster, a colloquialism is "a local or regional dialect expression." Another definition? Language that's "unacceptably ...

The word fills an important gap in our language, but it was once stigmatized. The story of "y'all" also includes powerful ...

A University of Alabama professor told NPR that people under 40 in all parts of the country have taken a liking to “y’all” ...

A 2005 Urban Dictionary entry: “Y’all: contraction for you all. Despite what some think, it is not only used by hicks and the uneducated. People from all walks of life, traditionally the ...

“ Y’all has won .” — Paul Reed, a linguist at the University of Alabama who studies Southern American English and Appalachian ...