yonks

名词 n.
/jɒŋks/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,plural,plural-only
    — Haven’t seen him in yonks!

词源

Unknown. First seen in print around 1960. One theory is that it comes from donkey's ears; another is that it is an abbreviation of years, months and weeks.
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