list or regular expressions - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi all,
can i search in a list or regular expression....eg

"select yadi from ya where yadiya in ('old', 'ulk', 'orb')"

but instead of in ther'd be another operator or a LIKE IN.
so it'd be a shorcut for typing yadiya ~* 'old' or yadiya ~* 'ulk' etc.