# This. Word. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742 "2008-08-03T21:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/61 "2008-08-04T20:50:50Z")
Lol ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/62 "2008-08-04T21:02:14Z")
I never really understood why people respond with vacuous one word or acronym responses. The worst I have recently seen was IOKIYAR ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/63 "2008-08-04T21:09:50Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] I never really understood why people respond with vacuous one word or acronym responses. The worst I have recently seen was IOKIYAR [/QUOTE] I Only Kiss If You Are Royal? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/64 "2008-08-04T21:12:10Z")
[QUOTE=chacoguy420] Amen [/QUOTE] Darn it! I’m too late to say that. So I’ll just ad that **Word** is non-religious cool-speak for **Amen**. It’s not quite a **Hallelujah** , though. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/65 "2008-08-04T21:20:36Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I Only Kiss If You Are Royal? [/QUOTE] Crimeny…I knew you were high-class, but them’s some strict standards! ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/66 "2008-08-04T21:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I Only Kiss If You Are Royal? [/QUOTE] You can google it if you want, but why bother\*? \*I googled it ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/67 "2008-08-04T21:26:09Z")
I’m ok with all of them except: “fail” in response to a really long, well thought out post. Never happens here but quite popular on other boards. and, “This”. Growing very popular here. Just grates on me for some reason, even though word, +1, me too, etc don’t really bother me. Yeah yeah, someone will want to quote this post and write “this”. Haha, you so funny. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/68 "2008-08-04T21:42:47Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] Agreed. [/QUOTE] Plus symbol followed by single-value digit as a means of communicating congruence of opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/69 "2008-08-04T21:49:25Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] You can google it if you want, but why bother\*? \*I googled it [/QUOTE] You’re not the only one. I felt very let down by its meaning. I vote for a new meaning! So far we’re got “I Only Kiss If You Are Royal” **nd\_n8** that was a thing of beauty. _applauds_ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/70 "2008-08-04T22:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] [This thread like turtles.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y) [/QUOTE] It’s turtles all the way down? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/71 "2008-08-04T22:18:49Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] So I’ll just ad that **Word** is non-religious cool-speak for **Amen**. It’s not quite a **Hallelujah** , though. [/QUOTE] Actually “word” short for “word is bond” is religious speak of a sort. From [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_of_Gods_and_Earths#Hip_hop) “Many terms that originated as Five-Percenter jargon have been adopted into the hip hop slang as well. For example, the term “G” in hip hop originally was short for the Five-Percenter greeting of “God”, which, through its spread to the West Coast and the rise of gangsta rap, it eventually evolved into “gangsta”, a stretch from its origin. Other popular terms such as “word is bond”, while having significantly older roots than the Five Percenters, were believed to have gained prominence through its use of the term, referring back to the Nation of Islam and the NGE’s shared 120 Degrees.” ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/72 "2008-08-04T22:22:27Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] It’s turtles all the way down? [/QUOTE] Yep ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/73 "2008-08-04T22:25:57Z")
This thread approved by the Ministry of Silly Posts. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/74 "2008-08-04T22:43:10Z")
It’s just that someone up above said “the moderators will close this any minute” They gotta prove us wrong sometimes ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/75 "2008-08-04T22:54:50Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] You can google it if you want, but why bother\*? \*I googled it [/QUOTE] Ah, my apologies. I didn’t bother googling it because I thought it was something someone made up for a one time use, not a real internet acronym. You know, like IDBTGICIL (I Didn’t Bother to Google It 'Cause I’m Lazy). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/76 "2008-08-04T23:13:24Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Actually “word” short for “word is bond” is religious speak of a sort. From [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_of_Gods_and_Earths#Hip_hop) “Many terms that originated as Five-Percenter jargon have been adopted into the hip hop slang as well. For example, the term “G” in hip hop originally was short for the Five-Percenter greeting of “God”, which, through its spread to the West Coast and the rise of gangsta rap, it eventually evolved into “gangsta”, a stretch from its origin. Other popular terms such as “word is bond”, while having significantly older roots than the Five Percenters, were believed to have gained prominence through its use of the term, referring back to the Nation of Islam and the NGE’s shared 120 Degrees.” [/QUOTE] Interesting. I had no idea of the history of the word and feel richer for knowing. Am I in the minority in not knowing, or would you suspect that a lot of people have picked up the term without knowing the background? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/77 "2008-08-04T23:14:42Z")
Postin’ “me too,” like some brain-dead AOLer. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/78 "2008-08-04T23:28:24Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] Interesting. I had no idea of the history of the word and feel richer for knowing. Am I in the minority in not knowing, or would you suspect that a lot of people have picked up the term without knowing the background? [/QUOTE] Depends on your demographic I suppose. I haven’t the first idea how much the average rap fan knows about the 5% Nation, but their words and ideas crop up in rap lyrics quite often and to me that’s a form of prosthelization. Well, those words and phrases popped up all the time back in my day, I can’t speak for the mindless garbage that passes as mainstream rap these days. I knew about the Nation, and about Zulu Chapters but I had to Google to figure out what “Superman that ho” meant, word is bond. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/79 "2008-08-04T23:44:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Actually “word” short for “word is bond” is religious speak of a sort. From [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_of_Gods_and_Earths#Hip_hop) “Many terms that originated as Five-Percenter jargon have been adopted into the hip hop slang as well. For example, the term “G” in hip hop originally was short for the Five-Percenter greeting of “God”, which, through its spread to the West Coast and the rise of gangsta rap, it eventually evolved into “gangsta”, a stretch from its origin. Other popular terms such as “word is bond”, while having significantly older roots than the Five Percenters, were believed to have gained prominence through its use of the term, referring back to the Nation of Islam and the NGE’s shared 120 Degrees.” [/QUOTE] I seriously doubt this. The word is bond part might be true (I thought it was just short for the old saying “my word is my bond,” but I don’t know where _that_ came from, so I don’t know), but the G thing is highly suspect to me. Look at the cite in the Wikipedia article. It seems self-promoting to me. Not saying it’s wrong but I wouldn’t accept this as fact without further research. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/80 "2008-08-05T00:03:56Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] Agreed. [/QUOTE] _golf clap_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742.md?page=5)