YMCA
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- proper noun
- /ˌwaɪˌɛmˈsiːˈeɪ/
- Now I was unemployed, living at a YMCA, but I was still better off than I was before, I guess.
- YMCA youth
- local YMCA
- Chinese YMCA
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- And then what about the coach from that YMCA, Jeff Armstrong?
- We were at a family camp, a YMCA camp in Ohio.
- It's sort of like the YMCA, only different gender.
- OK, so I've come to the YMCA where I had my first job.
- And because he lives at the YMCA, I'm not sure if they will let the bailiff in.
- And my my brother Michael and Caesar had just come out, come from Kung Fu class at the YMCA with me.
- So I was, I think I was actually at the I was at the local YMCA swimming because the outdoor pools get me, man, it's too cold.
- It's like if the only place you could go to get yourself clean, have a good meal and do whatever you feel was the YMCA.
- And he would just get AB and just sting and the kids if it was a new kid or somebody that was coming to camp for a week because it was YMCA summer camp.
- But going to grammar school and going to the YMCA raised my limits because I met other people who've done other things and they felt I could.
- You know you ain't you stunting out there at the YMCA, dog, shut it down.
- I mean, I did do the YMCA camp one that left to work.
- I have never seen anyone move more quickly from YMCA to why am I doing this?
Examples
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It's right next door to the YMCA.
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We were at a family camp, a YMCA camp in Ohio.
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I have never seen anyone move more quickly from YMCA to why am I doing this?
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We came out the YMCA at night from his his swim class.
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The student goes swimming at the YMCA during regular physical education two times per week with two peers.
Academic text (1996) -
Like my first speaking gig in Toronto was at the YMCA for free.
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Tonight is the bill hearing night for the Central Silicon Valley YMCA Youth & Government Delegation.
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OK, so I've come to the YMCA where I had my first job.
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My father took me to the YMCA Saturday mornings.
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My friends and I signed up for swimming lessons at the YMCA this summer.
Surface Forms
Morphology
YMCA = Y + M + C + A
As an initialism for the organization's name, the letters alone do not give the meaning; learners must know the full name to understand it.
Etymology
YMCA is the short form of Young Men's Christian Association, which originally meant a Christian group for 'young men'. So YMCA now refers to the community centres and programs that offer sports, classes, and help for people of all ages.