“Fork yeah”
“Fork yeah”—a euphemism for “fuck yeah”—is a food term that has been printed on many images. “Fork yeah!” was printed in the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald on December 13, 20015.
“T-shirt that bore the name ‘Guy Fieri’ on the front and ‘Fork Yeah’ on the back” was printed in the Reno (NV) Gazette-Journal on January 12, 2010.
13 December 2005, Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, “Stay in Touch” by Joel Gibson and Tom Dick, pg. 20:
The 2004 tune, much of which we can’t print here, was penned by the creators of SBS’s animated South Park series and - give or take a couple of vowels - its chorus goes a little something like this:
“America, fork yeah! Coming again to save the motherforking day, yeah!
“America, fork yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah.”
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November/December 2007, Poets & Writers (New York, NY), “Literary Laryngitis” by Katherine Dystra, pp. 21-24:
And when I wrote for the Post, I was clever, tongue firmly inserted in cheek. (“Fork Yeah!” was the headline of a recent story on the North Fork of Long Island that I wrote for that paper.)
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Krylo
@OhKrylo
Old Linkin Park!! Fork yeah!!
4:52 PM - 11 Jun 2008
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alicia
@alicia
Obama quoted Michael Pollan’s NYT article. http://tr.im/pl4 FORK YEAH!
5:04 PM - 31 Oct 2008
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rahree
@rahree
love it! RT @forkyeah: RT @zoraoneill: Euphemism is the new profanity: “clustercuss”, “What the what?” #xisthenewy // And “Fork yeah!”
7:45 AM - 29 Dec 2009
12 January 2010, Reno (NV) Gazette-Journal, “Food Network shoots in Reno” by Lenita Powers, pg. 2A, col. 3:
And loitering around the restaurant’s side door was a man in black T-shirt that bore the name ‘Guy Fieri’ on the front and ‘Fork Yeah’ on the back.
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garrypotter
@garrettPW
“@JaviIsAwesome: “@garrettPW: Steve Aoki tommorrow !!!!!!!!!! Fuck yes!!!!!!!!!!” FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!” FORK YEAH!!!
9:48 PM - 14 Nov 2013
Twitter
Fork Yeah!
@ForkYeahMeals
I bet you can’t say Fork Yeah, 10 times fast without cursing! You lose, now buy a shirt now! 😊 http://www.forkyeahmeals.com
12:08 AM - 21 Aug 2017
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Jen Again
@jentalleydesign
Replying to @lynnemthomas
FUCK YEAH. (My 15yo tells me that I should say “fork yeah” because that would be more appropriate.)
11:18 PM - 11 Apr 2018
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Vigour Kitchen
@Vigourkitchen
Fork yeah! Have you tried our new low fat carrot cake yet? We’ve got a specially curated, all made fresh in house dessert menu updated daily to indulge in 7 days a week! 🍰
5:27 AM - 11 Jun 2019
Elite Daily
30 Instagram Captions For Summer Potlucks, Because Good Food Makes A Good Mood
BY RACHEL CHAPMAN
June 13, 2019
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15. “Fork yeah.”
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Word Mark FORK YEAH
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Filing Date February 22, 2011
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Published for Opposition December 13, 2011
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