Phrases & SayingsEveryday life
yeah nah
Also: yeah-no, yeah, nah
A conversational expression generally signalling disagreement, refusal or qualification.
In a sentence
Yeah nah, I can’t make Friday, but Saturday should work.
Where it came from
Yeah nah combines an initial acknowledgement with a following refusal, disagreement or qualification. It is strongly associated with informal Australian speech, although comparable sequences occur in New Zealand and elsewhere.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Strongly associated with Australia; comparable forms occur elsewhere