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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
you/ju/

▶pronoun [second person sing. or pl.]

1 used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing.
■ used to refer to the person being addressed together with other people regarded in the same class.

2 used to refer to any person in general.

– phrases
you and yours you together with your family and close friends.

– origin OE ēow, accusative and dative of gē (see ye1), of W. Gmc origin.

'you' also found in these Oxford entries:

access - after - alternative - apodosis - ask - ball - banzai - bastard - be - beat - benedicite - bet - better - between - bite - bless - bottom - bully - can - capeesh - capias - central - come - competition - cool - cost - culprit - dare - death - decent - demon - devil - dick - diddums - dog - dreadful - earth - eat - either - empathy - fare-thee-well - flat - follow - French - gerund - give - go - good - goodbye - gotcha

Forum discussions with the word(s) "you" in the title:

__________the right to limit quantities when you are selling
- Alright guys I will fool you this time.
- Are you aware of an impending\imminent attack against the Earth?
- Don't you want us to see you? - Yes
- Have you managed to relax enough?
- I couldn't help being late. - Yes, you could.
-Are you buying somewhere?
-What do you wear, when you want to be smart?
. . . . . that it was left you . . . .
.. doesn't match you or match with you.
.. See myself in you and you in me ?
... and you know it
... book your flight / ... book your flight for you
... i hear you jobless... present idefinite instead perfect
... none of the brands listed used to reach you ...
... number the inventions in the order <that, when> you hear them.
... so clean you could eat your dinner off it
... to meet some of you who visited...
... until you're about to lose him/her
... when you grow older
... why the hell are we even supposed to listen to you?
... you have grown to expect from ...
...all that I so want to give you
...an attack you know is coming...
...I don't really know what you <what is a relative pronoun>
...if you provide a tracking number and if...?
...if you want vs ...if you want to.
...since I saw you last OR ...since I last saw you
...that you have finished your studies.
...to understand little boy say (,/:)why do you cry
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