youngin

English

Alternative forms

• youngen, youngon, young'un, youngun

Etymology

Reduced form of young one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʌŋɪn/

Noun

youngin (plural youngins)

1. (Southern US, British West Country, Northern England, informal) A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.
   • 1996, Mary Lee Settle, The Killing Ground

     I swear to God, Hannah, Haley had entered that youngin in an open jumper class for children.

   • 1998, Edwin Vickers, When the Magnolias Die & One Precious Summer

     He is my youngin, yes he is; I raised him, I did.

   • 1999, Silver RavenWolf, Halloween

     He wasn’t an unlikable fellow, no he wasn’t, but he was the sort of fella that would run from honest work faster than a youngin’ can run from bath water.

   • 2000, Gene S Ladnier, Fame's Eternal Camping Ground

     If I was a youngin looking for my sweetheart, I reckon I’d hook up with Barteau’s bunch and try to cut them Yankee wagons off.

   • 2018, “Sardine: The Movie”, in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: The Series:

     Youngins, no respect for sammiches these days!

Derived terms

• grandyoungin

See also

• young'un

References

• http://johnscabin.com/slang/Y.html
• Chelsea Falin (2012), The Southern Dictionary, page 96
• Tom E. Terrill, Jerrold Hirsch: Such As Us: Southern Voices of the Thirties. UNC Press, 1987. →ISBN, page 123 (usage example)