"Word" is the shortened form of the phrase: "my word is my bond" which was originated by inmates in U.S. prisons. The longer phrase was shortened to "word is bond" before becoming "word," which is most commonly used. It basically means "truth." Or "to speak the truth."
"Yo, I fucked twelve bitches last night."
"Word?" ("You speak the truth?")
"Word." ("I speak the truth.")
"Word?" ("You speak the truth?")
"Word." ("I speak the truth.")
by LBird October 15, 2005
A versatile declaration, originating (more or less) in hip-hop culture.
"Word" has no single meaning, but is used to convey a casual sense of affirmation, acknowledgement, agreement, or to indicate that something has impressed you favorably.
Its usage among young blacks has been parodied ad nauseam among clueless suburban whites.
"Word" has no single meaning, but is used to convey a casual sense of affirmation, acknowledgement, agreement, or to indicate that something has impressed you favorably.
Its usage among young blacks has been parodied ad nauseam among clueless suburban whites.
by Greenie August 21, 2003
by Saculcm May 11, 2018
1) Used to replace a vulgar or otherwise inappropriate word.
2) Part of an exclamation, used when a person uses a vulgar or inappropriate word.
2) Part of an exclamation, used when a person uses a vulgar or inappropriate word.
by Izador November 14, 2016
Term used to describe a word that becomes widely popular, and is currently experiencing the height of it's popularity. Similar to a buzz word, but an "it word" is more pervasive and used primarily by adolescents and twenty-somethings, whereas buzz words are used mostly by journalists and marketers.
Ex. I heard that toxic is the new "it word", its gonna replace sick!
Ex. Don't be alarmed when your teenage son tells you that your new shirt is fat; they are likely saying phat, spelled P H - it's the "it word" with kids these days.
Ex. Don't be alarmed when your teenage son tells you that your new shirt is fat; they are likely saying phat, spelled P H - it's the "it word" with kids these days.
by Leroy Brown 420 February 4, 2009
A monosyllabic phrase to indicate complete and udder reciprocation, even if one lacks comprehension of the remarks and wants to appear to agree unquestionably.
I find that the author’s attempt to appease to the reader’s sense of morality both futile and ironic, as the the material is written in the first person omnipresent and is a fictional autobiographical satire of the metaphysical presumption of bleep bloop bleed.
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by Bricked March 13, 2021
What you are seeing for the word being defined. And the many words you just saw in this sentence and the last. And this one too.
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by EL SEXO GRATIS October 4, 2023