Internet Slang
yyds
永远的神yǒng yuǎn de shén
In English
the GOAT / legendary
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Cringe · Using it now marks you as out-of-touchliterally: eternal god
What does yyds mean?
Crowns someone or something the absolute best — the GOAT. Short for 永远的神, usually typed as the pinyin initials yyds.
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Example
这家店的牛肉面 yyds！
Zhè jiā diàn de niúròumiàn yyds!
This place's beef noodles are the GOAT!
What yyds goes with
xx yydsxx yydsxx is the GOAT
永远滴神yǒngyuǎn dī shénplayful misspelling of the same
Where yyds comes from
Started in esports streaming around 2018 and spread everywhere by 2021 — so overused that saying it sincerely now reads as try-hard.