YO

Group: Melissa Romero, Bryan Gomez, Yisha He, Fu Chen, Brian Zhu, Victor Rodmanijr

Teenagers and young adults use it to stop or grab someone's attention. It is also replaces words like "hi" or "hey". A typical way yo is used, is when someone does not know your name. Instead of saying, Mark, how you doing?, it is used, yo, how you doing? Yo is also used to downgrade people or act tough but it is usually an offensive word. Its an innocent word but for some reason, it has expanded in many ways that can hurt someone. But of course, it all depends on the person and their tone. 

Ways yo is used:
-yo, wait up!
-yo son!
-what's yo problem?

-yo, come here

Definition: get someone's attention, express excitement or greet someone.