word
Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement “My word is my…Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement “My word is my bond.”
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Meaning
2 senses(slang)Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement “My word is my bond.”
"Yo, that movie was epic!" / "Word?" ("You speak the truth?") / "Word." ("I speak the truth.")
(emphatic, slang)An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
Origin
From Middle English word, from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from ProtFrom Middle English word, from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰom (“word”), from *werh₁- (“to say, speak”). Doublet of verb, verve, and vort; further related to vrata.
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