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"Word" is the shortened form of the phrase: "my word is my bond" which was originated by inmates in U.S. prisons. The longer phrase was shortened to "word is bond" before becoming "word," which is most commonly used. It basically means "truth." Or "to speak the truth."
"Yo, I fucked twelve bitches last night." "Word?" ("You speak the truth?") "Word." ("I speak the truth.")
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Word
An arbitrary sequence of sounds used to convey meaning, invented by people a long time ago; can be written as a sequence of letters or as a character.
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This is an unformal way of speaking and is very common in the speech of children from London. It basically means 'Exactly' , 'For real' or 'Really?'
James: 'Nah but if you deep it, music is actually a free lesson at this point.' Liam: 'Word, I've been saying that, anyways, I'll catch u later g' James: 'Alright in a bit'