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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Mar 2019
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    When did people start saying "fam"? Urban dictionary has an entry dated 2003, but I think I really only started hearing it a lot after 2013-14 or so... was I just late to notice or is there an evolutionary story there?

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      2. Bandeauxx.‏ @bandeauxx 20 Mar 2019
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        memes.

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      3. Jody Shenn still doesn’t trust 2020‏ @JodyShenn 20 Mar 2019
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        I think this definitely kicked it to another levelhttps://knowyourmeme.com/photos/972240-the-barber …

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      1. Hello‏ @brazilianego 20 Mar 2019
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        I can distinctly recall my first time hearing it, 2006

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      1. TpX Thinnr‏ @TpxThinnr 20 Mar 2019
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        Was used in US rap from then to describe kin... Later adopted over here to refer to anyone including enemies..

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      1. Toxic Koans‏ @toxickoans 20 Mar 2019
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        probably as families starting to deteriorate and fall apart, people had to outsource their need for one

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      2. Erik Berlin‏Verified account @sferik 20 Mar 2019
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        You are extremely late. 😜 “Fam” was widespread in mainstream hip-hop lyrics throughout the 1990s. I’ll add examples to this thread as they come to me…

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      3. Erik Berlin‏Verified account @sferik 20 Mar 2019
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        1999 - Brooklyn by Mos Def “I ain’t sittin’ roadside, that ain’t part of the plan I’m out here for my fam doin all that I can”https://genius.com/1390709 

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      1.  🤯‏ @krrishd 20 Mar 2019
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        like a lot of popular slang, relative old AAVE that hip-hop culture/etc gradually brought to the mainstream

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      1. King‏ @mattgoldenberg 20 Mar 2019
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        Fam came back around by being used ironically.

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      1. Jeff‏ @jeffdeecee 20 Mar 2019
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        Somebody get this man a Cliff's Notes for rap culture!

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