when someone responds "WORD" what does that mean?

[Skittles]

I mean, just the use of that one word - WORD - please tell me what that means; thanks!

[Lex]

1. Maybe it's a placeholder until they can think of the one they want?

:P

[philosophie_en_rose]

2. "I have heard your comments and agree with them."

:)

[Skittles]

4. ?? really?

what's the meaning behind it - I must be completely out of the loop

[philosophie_en_rose]

8. Cameo, maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7Kp_TapA4

[ghostsofgiants]

15. I can't say for sure, but I think it might come from the phrase "word is bond."

Again, I'm just taking a moderately educated guess with that.

[philosophie_en_rose]

23. In the alternative, it may come from the phrase "word up."

:)

[ghostsofgiants]

25. I'm not exactly a scholar on urban slang...

But all three are probably related in some way, haha.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

28. "word to your mother"

Could be mistaken, but I believe it's meant to say your mother would consider that it is the Word, scripturally.

[wildhorses]

7. yep--

as in AMEN:thumbsup:

[Pushed To The Left]

9. Word!!

(I concur with that definition)

[ForrestGump]

3. Represent

:P

[Skittles]

5. where you been ya bastid

:hi:

[ForrestGump]

10. I've been holding my breath 'til you gave in and kissed me...

but I forgot to tell you, first.

:-(


Damn near died.




:hi:


:hug:

[petronius]

6. Very often, it means "I'm a poser who thinks using hip-hop slang from

the 90s will make me look cool." Other than that, it means what poster #2 so succinctly expressed. Word.

[ForrestGump]

11. Don't be hatin', dog

And, also:

be a hep-cat, daddy-o.

[Kutjara]

12. Now you've done it.

When Randy Jackson on American Idol insists on referring to everyone as 'dog,' it just sends my blood pressure through the roof. I scream at the tv, "you were in Journey, for Chrissakes!! You're a record producer and music industry bigwig!! Quit pretending your some Crip who just popped a cap in someone's ass and act your age!!" His incessant "yo yo yo" is another source of irritation. I imagine that, in his off time, his real voice sounds like Geoffrey in "Fresh Prince."

[ForrestGump]

13. Groovy

I dig where you're coming from, man.

:-)

In other words: Word.

[Kutjara]

14. Word indeed. Maybe even sentence. n/t

[MrSlayer]

16. Also "Word Up", "Word Em Up", "Word to your Mother"

and the ever popular "Word to the Muthafucka".

[Skittles]

17. I found it difficult to research because

well, I was not sure what to google to reasearch :o

[Nicole]

21. There's an easier way.

Urban Dictionary is good for stuff like this.

http://www.urbandictionary.com

This old lady has had to use it several times. :rofl:

[Skittles]

22. LOL

OK thanks :D

[Cobalt-60]

18. That they were just thawed out?

[jobycom]

19. Evolution from "word of advice to you"

Became "word to you," "word to your mother's own," "Word to your mother," then "word." Soon it will just be "wa.."

[crim son]

20. It means, YEAH,. DUDE!

I give the man a smile.

[Phillycat]

24. HOLLA!

[Blue-Jay]

26. It means "I agree".

Golly!
http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/07/25/the_jive_dudes_at_comic-con/airplane!.jpg

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. Usually it's an emphatic agreement with what somebody says, like "Fuck yeah!"

I think it's shortened from people saying "That's the word!", from "That's the truth!"

#1: Dude, that's one slammin' chick.
#2: WORD!