Originally Posted by paul_aramis:
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this is not a urban/modern expression!
usually, when you use it, it is followed by an exclamation mark, not by (a?/ the?) question mark.
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ma friend, i am afraid you're wrong:
"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?") = you think?
"Word." ("I speak the truth.")