ya-

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ya- - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ya \Ya\ (y[aum]), adv.
     Yea. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

ya- - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Yet Another
  YA-
  
     <jargon> (YA-, after Unix's yacc - Yet Another
     Compiler-Compiler) A humorous allusion often used in titles to
     acknowledge that the topic is not original, though the content
     is.  As in "Yet Another AI Group" or "Yet Another Simulated Annealing
      Algorithm".  If used of others' work, it
     describes something of which there are already far too many.
  
     In hackish acronyms the "YA" prefix almost invariably expands
     to Yet Another, e.g. YABA, YAUN.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-11-26)
  

ya- - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  YA-
   abbrev.
  
     [Yet Another] In hackish acronyms this almost invariably expands to
     Yet Another, following the precedent set by Unix yacc(1) (Yet
     Another Compiler-Compiler). See YABA.