you lot
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8.2
- pronoun
- /juː lɒt/
- UK
:
vosotros (Spain, informal)
- Why can't you lot just see them as footballers?
- Right, you lot
- Look, can you lot
- get you lot
And it was like, right, you lot, we're paying ya.
- And it was like, right, you lot, we're paying ya.
- Listen like that this man has gone above and beyond anything you lot would do, I said.
- It's that time to see what cretinous confessions that you lot have sent in this week with our lucky little box.
Examples
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Just wait till you lot start having kids.
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Look, you lot can go back to bed.
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And it was like, right, you lot, we're paying ya.
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I love being live and just talking to you lot because it's like it's kind of like this.
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And that goes for you lot, too.
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What are you lot gonna do with yours?
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I suppose you lot would know about that sort of thing.
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You lot have turned it into an entire campaign.
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I've come to ask you lot to help me too.
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Right, you lot, take it outside.
Synonyms
12
9.9
A way of saying you when talking to more than one person
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9.9
A plural form of you used in some areas to talk to more than one person
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1.0
People in general, often used when talking to a group
Surface Forms
Morphology
you + lot
The meaning 'addressing or referring to a group' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'you' (second-person pronoun) + 'lot' (a set/group), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it denotes a plural/informal address. Although the phrase is informal and chiefly British, the construction follows a straightforward grouping logic found in many languages, supporting immediate comprehension at B1.
Etymology
The phrase you lot comes from the word lot, which means a 'group' of people or things, so you lot literally points to 'all of you'. That's why people use you lot to speak to or refer to a group in a casual way.