Yo list of 100 best movie quotes. The phrase "Yo, Blair. What are you doing?" was an informal greeting that United States President George W. Bush gave to British prime minister Tony Blair during the G8 summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 17 July 2006. Yo Yo is an English slang interjection, commonly associated with American English. It was popularized by the Italian-American community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the 1940s. Although often used as a greeting, "yo" may come at the end of a sentence, often to direct focus onto a particular individual or group or to gain the attention of
Yo, Blair George", the highly political first track on Tori Amos' 2007 album "American Doll Posse", is a direct reference to the "Yo, Blair" incident. The satirical magazine "Private Eye" began its regular spoof letter from the vicar of St Albion's parish church (the Rev. A.R.P. Blair, M.A.) with the greeting, "Yo!". The ensuing epistle contained a range of variants, "Yo, Running Scared", "Yo Vicar" and "Yo, Dubya" (the latter invoking a well established play on Bush's middle initial). "Yo" has been used as an exclamation to attract attention since the 15th century. In the early 20th century "yo" was used in