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English
Noun
YP (countable and uncountable, plural YPs)
- (UK) Initialism of young prisoner.
2011, Charles Bronson, Loonyology: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Notorious Prisoner:First it was an adult mixed prison, then a female borstal. Now it's a long-term secure jail for YPs, mostly lifers.
2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor:First, you're classed as a YP (young prisoner) if you're under 21. If it's your first time in prison, they class you as a star prisoner and that separates you from the ones who have been inside before.
- Alternative form of Yp.
- (computing) Initialism of Yellow Pages, a network protocol invented by Sun Microsystems
- Synonym: NIS
Anagrams
Turkish
Proper noun
YP
- (politics) Initialism of Yurt Partisi (Homeland Party).