You may already be a fan of Yeat, whether you know him for his unique style, or for his viral singles “Sorry Bout That,” “Monëy so big,” or “Rich Minion”. You may know him by one of his other aliases: Twizzy, Luh Geeky, Kranky Kranky, or Luh Tonkem. However you know him, Yeat has become one of the biggest names in rap. He has created his own language he uses in his songs and as part of his online persona. It takes a devoted Yeat listener to decipher his lexicon. Yeat himself said, "I don't understand myself, I don't fuck with nobody at all," on his song "Nun id Change”.

To understand Yeat and his music, you must pay close attention to his word choices. I have listened to Yeat’s five most popular studio albums twice and analyzed the lyrics to each song, about 10 hours of listening to Yeat. I watched his few interviews on the internet, I consulted his social media, r/yeat and even #yeatlations on TikTok.  With my newfound expertise in hand, let’s explore the lexicon of Yeat together.

Your ‘twin’, a close friend, so close you would call them your best friend, your bestie. 

Starting with maybe my favorite Yeat word, he uses this to refer to his besties. A very loving and wholesome Yeat word. Always love to see a new word for “best friend”. 

A big car, usually referring to a Mercedes G Wagon or  a Lamborghini Urus, an SUV, a ‘big boy’ car, a fast car, just any big car. 

If you imagine those toy construction cars little kids play with and how in public they point to them and say “tonka truck”, there’s something similar going on here. Yeat does the same thing with big, fast cars. Yeat is known to sport a diamond-encrusted chain with a Tonka truck on it.

(I eventually realized he mentions Tonka too many times to even include in this article) 

 “I will not go to the club unless we pull up in the Tonka.” 

A very, very high person. “High as a kite,” one might say. Can also be used as a verb to describe the act of becoming intoxicated. First popularized by Atlanta rapper Fabo.

(In a recent interview, Yeat himself said his favorite of his made-up words is ‘luh geeky’)

Comes from the word ‘Lil’, which is slang for ‘Little’, also sometimes is used in place of “the”

Fun fact: Yeat started off his rap career in 2015 with the name ‘Lil Yeat’ and eventually simplified it to just ‘Yeat’ in 2018.

“I’m a big dog, you are a luh puppy.” 

A large sum of money, some speculate $100,000 = 1 honeybun

“I heard his house cost him 5 honeybuns.”

Another common Yeat-ism heard across his discography is adding an -ey,  -ie, -eezy or an -elly to the end of a word. This is often done to contribute to a song’s rhyme scheme, but can be used in conversation for fun’s sake.

Here is how to use all of the words in a sentence together: 

 “I am going to drive a car with my friend to go have fun at a party.”

 “Me and luh twizzy gonna hop in the Tonka, pull up in Margielly-elly like it’s nothin’ honeybun (honeybunny).”

Yeat is always inventing new words and phrases for us to decipher. Each Yeat song is sure to confuse you at one moment or another, but that is the beauty of it all. Now that you have the knowledge of Yeat’s lexicon, you, too, can begin to better understand Yeat’s music. 

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Joely Kelzer

Unpack the eccentric rapper’s unique lexicon with our resident Yeat expert Joely Kelzer.
