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fam

noun
/fæm/

Etymology

Abbreviations * (family, term of endearment): Clipping of family * (familiarization): Clipping of familiarization

Definitions

  1. Clipping of family.

    • I'm gonna visit the fam.

  2. A term of endearment between friends

    A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.

    • Hey fam, how you doin'? / Safe mate, safe.
    • "Cadet, Cadet!" Not every day, fam. Can't you see why it's long? I just wanna get my creps and be gone.
    • Gotta get more organised, 'cah fam, I hate rushing

  3. Clipping of familiarization.

    • The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.
    • She arranged back-to-back fams and took her boyfriend.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A local language spoken in the Taraba State area of Nigeria.

    2. Initialism of Family Division (a subseries of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting's Law…

      Initialism of Family Division (a subseries of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting's Law Reports).

    3. Initialism of federal air marshal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fam. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA