• nocturne@slrpnk.netEnglish
    7 hours

    Are we going to discover that Dale Gribble gave us yoink too ?

      • nocturne@slrpnk.netEnglish
        6 hours

        KotH debuted in the 90s as well.

        But I am fairly certain I have seen yoink used in comic books as an action word well before either show.

      • Final Remix@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6 hours

        According to Bill Oakley, they took it from Archie Comics, so Simpsons first audio…ated it.

        • nocturne@slrpnk.netEnglish
          6 hours

          It looks like The Simpsons also gave it the commonly accepted meaning.

          Etymology 1
          1954. Onomatopoeic.

          Verb

          1. (onomatopoeia) To make an oinking sound.
          2. (colloquial) To hop or bounce.
          3. nonce word for an action that impacts on something, especially if it is sudden.
          4. (slang) To kill.

          Noun

          yoink (plural yoinks)

          1. (slang) An ordinary person with nothing to recommend them.

          Interjection

          yoink

          1. (colloquial) Used for emphasis or to express that one is impressed.

          Etymology 2

          Coined by writer George Meyer for the TV show The Simpsons; perhaps from yank, or imitative of the sound effect (a quick upward slide on a violin) that accompanies something being snatched in classic comedies.

          Interjection

          yoink

          1. (colloquial) Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, swipe, or snatch.

          Verb

          yoink (third-person singular simple present yoinks, present participle yoinking, simple past and past participle yoinked)

          1. (colloquial) To yank or snatch.
          2. (colloquial) To steal.
          3. (colloquial) To take or win (something that others want).

          https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yoink