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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
MY
abbreviation motor yacht.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
my/mʌɪ/
possessive determiner
  • 1 belonging to or associated with the speaker.

    ■ used with forms of address in affectionate, sympathetic, humorous, or patronizing contexts.

  • 2 used in various expressions of surprise.
– phrases
My Lady (or Lord) a polite form of address to certain titled people.
– origin ME mi, reduced from min, from OE mīn (see mine1).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
my-
combining form variant spelling of myo- shortened before a vowel (as in myalgia).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
myo- /ˈmʌɪəʊ/ (also my- before a vowel)
combining form of muscle; relating to muscles: myocardium.
– origin from Gk mus, mu- ‘mouse or muscle’.
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