Definitions
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- interjection slang, US I approve.; I agree.
- interjection
Hello . - interjection "
what's up ?"; "what's happening?"; "what's the word?"; - interjection "
Listen up!"; "pay attention !".
Etymologies
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Originated in United States, black English (i.e. African American Vernacular English) of the 1980s. (See Ebonics).
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