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Yachty

Yachty

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An American rapper and singer who performs as Lil Yachty
  • proper noun
  • /ˈjɑːti/
: Yachty
  • Lil Yachty

Wiz is very I say Wiz Wiz and Lil Yachty, bro, different type of niggas, bro.

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Examples

  • Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Yachty.

    Long Shot (2019)

  • I'm here at the Little Yachty Show and Rolling Loud.

  • And look at you Lil Yachty, first time trying hot sauce and it's here on Hot Ones.

  • I saw Lil Yachty perform live at the music festival last summer.

  • In an interview, Lil Yachty shared his journey in the music industry.

  • Fans of Lil Yachty eagerly awaited the release of his latest album.

Surface Forms

Yachty main

Morphology

Yachty = yacht (opaque) = yacht + y

The formation from 'yacht' + '-y' is obvious as a nickname/derivational suffix, but the sense is a proper name (a performer) rather than a literal yacht-related adjective, so the semantic mapping is not fully regular.

Etymology

The word Yachty comes from the word yacht, which means 'a private boat', plus the informal ending -y that makes it 'like' or 'related to' something. As a stage name it gives a playful, flashy boat image, so you can remember Yachty as the rapper who calls himself 'like a yacht'.