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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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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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”
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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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Fam came back around by being used ironically.
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