fam

Definitions

1. Initialism of federal air marshal.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Clipping of family.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
3. A local language spoken in the Taraba State area of Nigeria.
4. A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.
   Internet, Multicultural-London-English, slang
5. Initialism of Family Division (a subseries of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting's Law Reports).
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. Clipping of familiarization.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial

Equivalents

1 more languages

Kurdîfam

Examples

“I'm gonna visit⟳ the fam.”

“Hey fam, how you doin'? / Safe mate, safe.”

“"Cadet, Cadet!" Not every day, fam. Can't you see⟳ why it's long? I just wanna get⟳ my creps and be gone.”

“Gotta get⟳ more organised, 'cah fam, I hate⟳ rushing”

““Yo, Audre, so content warning: My mama is wearing booty shorts—or pum-pum shorts, whatever you call⟳ it—doing yoga in the backyard. She is very comfortable with herself and her body and all a that, so you been warned, fam.””

“The tourist board⟳ organized fam junkets for travel⟳ agents.”

“She arranged back-to-back fams and took her boyfriend.”

““I ultimately decided to leave⟳ (retire⟳) because I was denied the ability to leverage my experience⟳ for the good of the FAMs and I realize⟳ that I was part of a system which was putting the emotional well-being of FAMs at risk⟳,” Kathleen Christian, who resigned last⟳ year as a clinical psychologist with the federal air marshals, said on Nov. 17 in a scathing email to several marshals.”

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