# Yoyo or yo-yo **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 2, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126 "2014-09-02T04:20:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/boosh/32/1566_2.png) [@Boosh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Boosh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/1 "2014-09-02T04:20:25Z")
Personally I go with yoyo and I find it quite annoying when people do yo-yo ---
**Author:** ![kyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/2 "2014-09-02T04:58:48Z")
yo-yo is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Grinch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grinch/32/1515_2.png) [@Grinch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grinch)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/3 "2014-09-02T05:01:16Z")
ThroW-YO! 😛 😛 😛 ---
**Author:** ![UsagiCat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/usagicat/32/1482_2.png) [@UsagiCat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/UsagiCat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/4 "2014-09-02T05:53:05Z")
ヨーヨー ---
**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/5 "2014-09-02T09:47:59Z")
Return Top.  😛 As Kyo said, yo-yo is technically correct: > **[Yo-yo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo)** > > A yo-yo (also spelled yoyo) is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is an ancient toy with proof of existence since 440 BC. The yo-yo was also called a bandalore in the 17th century. > It is played by holding the free end of the string known as the handle (by inserting one finger—usually the middle or ring finger—into a slip knot), allowing gravity (or the force of a throw and gravity) to spin the yo-yo and unwind the str... That being said, I tend to type it as ‘yoyo’. No specific reason why, just always have and haven’t given much thought to it until now. At any rate, it doesn’t really bother me how anyone spells it, we all know what they’re referring to.  🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/6 "2014-09-02T11:24:51Z")
> [@Gambit](#): > > Return Top.  😛 > > As Kyo said, yo-yo is technically correct: > > [Yo-yo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo) > > That being said, I tend to type it as ‘yoyo’. No specific reason why, just always have and haven’t given much thought to it until now. At any rate, it doesn’t really bother me how anyone spells it, we all know what they’re referring to.  🙂 > > I type the same. ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/7 "2014-09-02T12:41:25Z")
yoyo is an error according to spellcheck. on this forum, the word is used so much, and it is much more convenient to type four letters than five. for me, hyphens somehow seem harder to type, so i tend to stay away from them. i like yoyo better. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/8 "2014-09-02T14:37:40Z")
yo-yo everywhere but in domain names 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/9 "2014-09-02T15:59:09Z")
I just type yoyo cause I do whatever I want, but yes yo-yo is correct ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/10 "2014-09-02T16:15:32Z")
> [@Grinch](#): > > ThroW-YO! 😛 😛 😛 Yes some times I call my yoyo’s that. But yes I like to type yoyo ---
**Author:** ![Grinch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grinch/32/1515_2.png) [@Grinch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grinch)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/11 "2014-09-02T17:19:01Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > Yes some times I call my yoyo’s that. > > But yes I like to type yoyo see, he knows, throw yo, but i do type Yoyo as well ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/12 "2014-09-02T17:20:01Z")
> [@Grinch](#): > > ThroW-YO! 😛 😛 😛 Wasn’t ThrowYo Dave Bazan’s company after Buzz-on? ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/13 "2014-09-02T17:41:44Z")
> [@Grinch](#): > > see, he knows, throw yo, but i do type Yoyo as well Yea cuz its a yo and you throw it ---
**Author:** ![CuriousDisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@CuriousDisk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CuriousDisk)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/14 "2014-09-02T21:38:51Z")
Return top ---
**Author:** ![DrAwesome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drawesome/32/1139_2.png) [@DrAwesome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAwesome)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/15 "2014-09-02T21:50:34Z")
Jojo ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/16 "2014-09-02T22:35:57Z")
this? lol ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/b/a/9bab4336e02385c9634563919f73527be8a15bb7.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Yoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sir_yoyo/32/280_2.png) [@Sir\_Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sir_Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/17 "2014-09-03T02:11:21Z")
> [@mr.nightshadow95](#): > > I just type yoyo cause I do whatever I want, but yes yo-yo is correct Always there with the joke no one appreciates. I love it. But for me it’s always yoyo with no hyphen because if I change it to “yoyo-ing”, the hyphen makes it feel lopsided. ---
**Author:** ![FullthrottleFRS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fullthrottlefrs/32/1551_2.png) [@FullthrottleFRS](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FullthrottleFRS)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/18 "2014-09-04T00:11:32Z")
> [@Nova](#): > > Always there with the joke no one appreciates. I love it. > > But for me it’s always yoyo with no hyphen because if I change it to “yoyo-ing”, the hyphen makes it feel lopsided. See, I type yo-yoing if I’m using present tense. Usually yoyo if I’m typing on my phone because it’s quicker, or yo-yo on a keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-or-yo-yo/69126/19 "2014-09-04T02:50:45Z")
yoyo is easier to type, but yo-yo is classier and more professional.