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Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by StrictDabbler on Friday May 05, 2023 @06:55PM (#35836095)
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.

Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by neuronexmachina on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:36PM (#35836453)
Maybe "U-ey" or "U-ee"?
Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by crazygringo on Friday May 05, 2023 @09:34PM (#35837127)
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.

Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by riffic on Friday May 05, 2023 @11:28PM (#35837687)
always been partial to "flip a bitch"

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flip_a_bitch

Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by stouset on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:15AM (#35838264)
Thankfully this solves the spelling ambiguity!
Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by groby_b on Saturday May 06, 2023 @12:24AM (#35837970)
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.

Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by bmelton on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:56AM (#35838490)
> 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.

Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by bjork on Saturday May 06, 2023 @04:14AM (#35839284)
*onomatopoeic
Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by ec109685 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:34AM (#35842356)
Ironic.
Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by subarctic on Saturday May 06, 2023 @06:14PM (#35845810)
I thought it was onomatopoetic?
Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by StrictDabbler on Monday May 08, 2023 @12:31PM (#35863598)
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.

Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro by ajcp on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:39PM (#35843565)
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...