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  2. Hugs and kisses - Wikipedia

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    Unfortunately, nothing more is known about the origins of x and o meaning 'hugs' or 'kisses'. A 2014 article in The Washington Post that drew on interviews with scholars noted that "the Internet abounds with origin theories" yet that "there is no definitive answer to how a cross came to mean a kiss" and even that "less is known about how 'o ...

  3. Internet slang - Wikipedia

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    Internet slang (also called Internet shorthand, cyber-slang, netspeak, digispeak or chatspeak) is a non-standard or unofficial form of language used by people on the Internet to communicate to one another. [1] A popular example of Internet slang is "lol" meaning "laugh out loud".

  4. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).

  5. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...

  6. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    Its first printed use came as early as 1991 in William G. Hawkeswood's "One of the Children: An Ethnography of Identity and Gay Black Men," wherein one of the subjects used the word "tea" to mean ...

  7. Wait, What Does ‘FAFO’ Mean? - AOL

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    What Does ‘FAFO’ Mean? This slang term stands for a common phrase that is used when someone gets what’s coming to them or finally sees the consequences of their actions—AKA “F–k around ...

  8. Oi (interjection) - Wikipedia

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    Oi / ɔɪ / is an interjection used in various varieties of the English language, particularly Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and South African English, as well as non-English languages such as Chinese, Tagalog, Tamil, Hindi/Urdu, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese to get the attention of another person or to express surprise ...

  9. Yo (greeting) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Interjection Yo is a slang interjection, commonly associated with North American English. It was popularized by the Italian-American community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the 1940s. Although often used as a greeting and often deployed at the beginning of a sentence, yo may also ...