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X - Y - Z

XDR

extensively drug-resistant

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/
1160584630/shigella-antibiotic-resistant-diarrhea

XLR

eXternal Line Return

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
XLR_connector

Xmas

Christmas

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/nov/23/
pre-budget-report-vat-tax-cuts

XR

Extinction Rebellion

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/02/
novelist-tom-bullough-on-his-xr-arrest-
and-what-welsh-saints-can-teach-us-about-the-climate-crisis

YA

Young Adults

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/
1061750798/3-ya-graphic-novels-
that-highlight-the-timelessness-of-teenage-themes-this-autum

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/22/
1029750946/these-3-ya-novels-
will-transform-your-summer-into-something-fantastic

YAHOO

You always have other options

https://www.urbandictionary.com/
define.php?term=YAHOO

YBA

Young British Artist

YBAs,

a name coined in the 1990s

for a generation or a school

or just a gang of artists

who were then becoming

internationally celebrated.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/apr/26/
mat-collishaw-still-sensational

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/apr/26/
mat-collishaw-works-of-art-gallery-in-pictures

Yetties

Young, entrepreneurial, and technology-based (people)

YHA

Youth Hostels Association

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/aug/15/
voluntarysector.travelnews

YMCA

Young Men's Christian Association

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
young-mens-christian-association-ymca

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/us/12Y.html

YOLO

you only live once

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/
technology/welcome-to-the-yolo-economy.html

Yrd

Yard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard

Yuppies

Young urban professionals

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