Why is everyone suddenly saying “yo”? Annoying catchphrases come in and out of style all the time but yo has managed to ride the wave of fickle fashions and become uniquely lodged in our brains. From 70s surfers to US presidents (how else would you address the British prime minister?) this relatively meaningless interjection has joined our everyday vocabulary.
This is why the latest of app crazes – Yo – has been plastered over the media. Its functionalities are pretty basic: tap a contact’s name and you’ll send them a “Yo” message, along with a highly-annoying sound-bite shouting it out. You then can get a “Yo” in return. That’s it. The recipient then deciphers why you’ve ‘Yo-ed’ them based on the circumstances in which you’ve sent it. The key here is anticipating what a friend would want to say.
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