yeah, no (English, intj)
Senses:
glosses: Used sarcastically to answer "no" to a question where the negative answer should have been obvious.
tags: Australia
California
New-Zealand
colloquial
emphatic
especially
glosses: A softened negative response to a question or statement that seems plausible but is not factual.
tags: US
colloquial
glosses: An agreement that the answer is negative.
tags: colloquial
glosses: An agreement; the “yeah” functions as affirmation, while the “no” could be replaced by the phrase “don’t worry.”
Forms:
form: yeah no
tags: alternative