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Fam

//fæm// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A local language spoken in the Taraba State area of Nigeria.
  2. 2
    Initialism of Family Division (a subseries of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting's Law Reports). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of family. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

    "I'm gonna visit the fam."

  2. 2
    Initialism of federal air marshal. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "“I ultimately decided to leave (retire) because I was denied the ability to leverage my experience for the good of the FAMs and I realize that I was part of a system which was putting the emotional well-being of FAMs at risk,” Kathleen Christian, who resigned last year as a clinical psychologist with the federal air marshals, said on Nov. 17 in a scathing email to several marshals."

  3. 3
    A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives. Internet, Multicultural-London-English, slang

    "Hey fam, how you doin'? / Safe mate, safe."

  4. 4
    Clipping of familiarization. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial

    "The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents."

Etymology

Abbreviations * (family, term of endearment): Clipping of family * (familiarization): Clipping of familiarization

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