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Winterize

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1938, OED Evaluation: Originally and chiefly U.S.

To adapt or prepare (something) for operation or use in cold weather.

ExampleMeaning
Today they can't do that. All the- all the tourist-operators now have winterized cabins to accommodate cross-country skiing, the ski-dooers because they got the ski-doo trails across Canada now, but they're suffering. Yeah.
Prepared for winter

Yadder

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
She'd be a good one to yadder to.
Speak to.

Yous

Parf of speech: Pronoun, OED Year: 1835, OED Evaluation: Regional. Chiefly Irish English, U.S. and Australian

Pronoun

ExampleMeaning
And the waitress comes up and says “Can I ah can I get you something? Would you- woul-- would you- would yous like something?” And it’s more often than that in a restaurant. What would yous- yous like. And I’m not sure where that comes from. I’m not sure where that originates, how that happened. Whether that’s how that was introduced.
Pronoun