In life, people show a variety of different emotions ranging from happiness to sadness. The new word I would like to add to the English language is “ayya”. I use this word on a daily basis (literally) to express my frustration, stress, dissatisfaction, regret, use it as a way of telling someone I am shaking my head, demonstrate the feeling of “why did you do this lol”, or just using it as a synonym for “darn it”.
An example of when using ayya would be appropriate would be:
If you got a bad test score and you don’t want anyone to know the test score, but you need to let out some emotion, you can say ayya.
If you have a teacher that called you out for something that was dumb or something you didn’t do, you can say ayya.
If you don’t agree with someone’s opinion and think why is this person doing this, you can say ayya.
If you are watching a YouTube video that has a person doing stupid life threatening activities, you can say ayya.
If you are talking to someone and don’t know how to reply, you can say ayya.
If you are frustrated with a person near you and want to say something about it but at the same time not, you can say ayya.
If you are stressed and you just need a word to say, you can say ayya.
If you just want to yell a word out, you can say ayya.
All in all, even if you have nothing to say but still want to say something, then you can use ayya. Ayya is a word that the meaning can be changed by putting the stress on a different letter or holding one letter longer than another. If this word is said over and over again, it kind of gets entertaining and will relieve stress and frustration.
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