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Old 10-01-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Ok, this just shows how out of touch I am. I hear the people who work for me saying this a lot. What does it mean exactly?
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Ok, this just shows how out of touch I am. I hear the people who work for me saying this a lot. What does it mean exactly?
Strong agreement. Roughly on par with "hell yeah."
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Strong agreement. Roughly on par with "hell yeah."
lol .... it comes from hip hop music... from the phrase "word to yo motha" which implies that something's going on between the speaker and the listener's mother.
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lol .... it comes from hip hop music... from the phrase "word to yo motha" which implies that something's going on between the speaker and the listener's mother.
You'd know better than I, but that doesn't sound consistent with the context I've usually heard it in.
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You'd know better than I, but that doesn't sound consistent with the context I've usually heard it in.
I think most people use it nowadays as bns described ... I could be mistaken about the original meaning.
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lol .... it comes from hip hop music... from the phrase "word to yo motha" which implies that something's going on between the speaker and the listener's mother.
I think it was related originally, but the meaning has moved a long way since then. It happens a lot in pop culture.
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The only WORD here on the farm is dad's WORD. unless mom's pussy say's different
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Yeah, I'd say it's a way to express strong agreement.
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