Green’s Dictionary of Slang

yaga-yaga! excl.

[fig. use of raga-raga adj.; the ‘y’ substitution comes from the folk-tales of Anansi the spider, whose ‘Bungo talk’ uses ‘y’ for ‘r’]

(W.I./UK black teen) a greeting, a means of attracting attention to oneself .

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