Slang Files · 📟 '90s & hip-hop
G33Z3R Slang Files · 1988–1999
Word
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Be one of the first to weigh in. No account needed.
One syllable that meant truth, agreement or attention, depending on where it landed in the sentence. It came off hip-hop records and the block, and Cameo's single put it on every radio.
Word became a suburban affirmation by 1990 and stayed there, quietly, longer than most of the words the suburbs borrowed.
Sources: Wiktionary — Word
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Word.
'90s & hip-hop · 1993–1999
Means: An exclamation of triumph
'90s & hip-hop · 1988–1999
Means: Stylish, attractive, sharp
'90s & hip-hop · 1984–1992
Means: New, stylish, excellent
'90s & hip-hop · 1993–1999
Means: Excellent, cool; about a beat, heavy and good
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