yak

n 1: noisy talk [syn: {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}, {cackle}]

2: a humorous anecdote or remark [syn: {joke}, {gag}, {laugh},

{jest}, {jape}, {wheeze}]

3: large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated [syn:

{Bos grunniens}]

yank

(From the colloquial meaning "to pull suddenly") To

insert a copy of some saved text at the current position in a

document being edited.

The term is used in the {Unix} {text editors} {GNU Emacs} and

{vi} but "{paste}" is more common elsewhere.

[Used elsewhere?]

(1998-07-01)