We, the undersigned, ask you to put yeah-but-no-but in the forthcoming edition of your Dictionary. This phrase is not merely a fictitious line from Vicky Pollard in Little Britain, but a common utterance in todays English language, which carries with it many complex meanings....

Yeah-But-No-But has become the Buzz word of our age.

Its not just the catch phrase of Vicky Pollard Its the Zeitgeist of the moment.

Today we associate the word yuppie with the 80s red braces, bad hairstyles and mobile phones the size of bricks.

In time people will look back at the Noughties and say that Yeah-But-No-But defined our age.

Can you believe that no dictionary has cottoned onto this yet? Wed like to draw attention to this phrase!

Middle England might baulk at seeing la Pollard as a cultural linguistic ambassador, but the fact is Yeah-But-No-But is a common utterance with many common meanings.

We even have some suggested definitions for the entry:

Yeah-but-no-but
1. Used to soften the blow of answering a direct no in conversation, disguises disagreement.
2. Used to strengthen the answer yes, where agreement is emphatic
3. Creates relevance between the turns of conversation; yeah acknowledges the previous statement while no resumes a topic that preceded it in conversation.
4. expletive a hedging expression that tempers the force of whats being said in conversation.

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We believe "Yeah-But-No-But" is a crucial addition to the English Language!