Yoyi.

n.  a mountain in the Southern region of Sierra Leone.

Yoyie.

n.  a populated place in the Bong region of Liberia.

yoyo.

adj.  loco, out of one’s mind.

<”The poor chap might be slightly yoyo, but I’ve been reading about it.  He’s one of these idiot servants.”  “Savants,” said the Dean patiently.  —Terry Pratchett, Hogfather.>

YoYo.

n.  “a missile-defense radar deployed around Moscow,” as discussed in I Always Wanted to Fly: America’s Cold War Airmen by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel.

yoyo.

n.  a “crash diet” involving an up-and-down cycle of gaining and losing weight, in which one rotates between feast and famine, named after the yo-yo toy.

<By my mid-forties, I had become increasingly aware that yoyo dieting was unhealthy and compounded the problem, making it easier to gain and harder to lose weight.  —Carolynn Hillman, Love Your Looks: How to Stop Criticizing and Start Appreciating Your Appearance.>

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