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I have never tried to spell the phrase "flip a youey" before. It might be the only word I use that I have never considered spelling, so I am grateful that you

I have never tried to spell the phrase "flip a youey" before. It might be the only word I use that I have never considered spelling, so I am grateful that you included it your comment. That said, I think you are wrong and it should be "uey", "uie," "u-ie," or any other spelling that emphasizes the "u" after which the term is named. Also "I do not know the answer but I am sure you are wrong" is the most internetish comment I've ever made, so that's two striking experiences for me today.

ajcp 3y ago
Hahahaha! So good of you to call that out because I had never seen the word written out before either and literally tried every form you suggested and more (you-ie, u-ee, uy, etc). To be honest I settled on 'youey' not because it was the one I thought was correct, rather it was the one I thought most people would understand. I also toyed with just putting "flip a bitch" but figured some might find that problematic as I'm not entirely sure of it's etymology...
neuronexmachina 3y ago
Maybe "U-ey" or "U-ee"?
- crazygringo 3y ago
  https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/tsvbh2y https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/tsvbh2y > U-ie n. > also U, U-ee, U-ey, U-turn, youie > (orig. Aus.) a U-turn; thus chuck/bang a U-ie, to make a U-turn.
  - riffic 3y ago
    always been partial to "flip a bitch" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flip_a_bitch https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flip_a_bitch
    - stouset 3y ago
      Thankfully this solves the spelling ambiguity!
groby_b 3y ago
If you believe the NYT crossword, it's spelled in whatever way gives you the right vowels on the right place ;) But yeah, u-turn, not you-turn.
bmelton 3y ago
> I have never tried to spell the phrase "flip a youey" before. As a former Scripps spelling bee contestant, I've developed a low-grade allergy to commonplace onomotopeic words with no obvious, agreed-upon spelling. Recently I struggled with zhuzh (which has the bonus terror of having an alternate spelling, 'zhoosh') - but I commend OP for having chosen a phonetically parseable spelling over one of your (arguably more appropriate) choices, as I suspect it would have taken a lot longer to divine meaning from.
- bjork 3y ago
  *onomatopoeic
  - ec109685 3y ago
    Ironic.
  - subarctic 3y ago
    I thought it was onomatopoetic?
- StrictDabbler 3y ago
  I had always imagined that word to be spelled "jouerge", a variation on the French verb "jouer: to play" mixed with some element of "bourgeois: in the manner of the middle class". My etymology makes sense. You can even extend it to the "jouergeois" if you need to describe middle-class foodies. In this case I am definitely wrong and I blame Canada.

ajcp 3y ago

Hahahaha! So good of you to call that out because I had never seen the word written out before either and literally tried every form you suggested and more (you-ie, u-ee, uy, etc). To be honest I settled on 'youey' not because it was the one I thought was correct, rather it was the one I thought most people would understand. I also toyed with just putting "flip a bitch" but figured some might find that problematic as I'm not entirely sure of it's etymology...

neuronexmachina 3y ago

Maybe "U-ey" or "U-ee"?

crazygringo 3y ago
https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/tsvbh2y https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/tsvbh2y > U-ie n. > also U, U-ee, U-ey, U-turn, youie > (orig. Aus.) a U-turn; thus chuck/bang a U-ie, to make a U-turn.
- riffic 3y ago
  always been partial to "flip a bitch" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flip_a_bitch https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flip_a_bitch
  - stouset 3y ago
    Thankfully this solves the spelling ambiguity!

groby_b 3y ago

If you believe the NYT crossword, it's spelled in whatever way gives you the right vowels on the right place ;) But yeah, u-turn, not you-turn.

bmelton 3y ago

> I have never tried to spell the phrase "flip a youey" before. As a former Scripps spelling bee contestant, I've developed a low-grade allergy to commonplace onomotopeic words with no obvious, agreed-upon spelling. Recently I struggled with zhuzh (which has the bonus terror of having an alternate spelling, 'zhoosh') - but I commend OP for having chosen a phonetically parseable spelling over one of your (arguably more appropriate) choices, as I suspect it would have taken a lot longer to divine meaning from.

bjork 3y ago
*onomatopoeic
- ec109685 3y ago
  Ironic.
- subarctic 3y ago
  I thought it was onomatopoetic?
StrictDabbler 3y ago
I had always imagined that word to be spelled "jouerge", a variation on the French verb "jouer: to play" mixed with some element of "bourgeois: in the manner of the middle class". My etymology makes sense. You can even extend it to the "jouergeois" if you need to describe middle-class foodies. In this case I am definitely wrong and I blame Canada.