what a shame vs yay

what a shame

phrase
  • Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information. 

yay

intj
  • An expression of happiness. 

noun
  • Cocaine (powder or crack). 

  • The letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand. 

How often have the words what a shame and yay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )