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発音

• IPA: /fæm/
• 韻: -æm
• Homophone: Pham

名詞

fam (plural fams)

1. (informal) Clipping of family.

   I'm gonna visit the fam.

2. (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, Internet slang) A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.

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

   • 2017, “Uber Everywhere Freestyle 2”‎performed by Cadet (rapper):

     "Cadet, Cadet!" Not every day, fam. Can't you see why it's long? I just wanna get my creps and be gone.

   • 2019, “Going Through It” (track 6), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta:

     Gotta get more organised, 'cah fam, I hate rushing

   • 2019, Junauda Petrus, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, Penguin, →ISBN, page 77:

     “Yo, Audre, so content warning: My mama is wearing booty shorts—or pum-pum shorts, whatever you call it—doing yoga in the backyard. She is very comfortable with herself and her body and all a that, so you been warned, fam.”

3. (colloquial, hospitality industry) Clipping of familiarization.

   The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.

   She arranged back-to-back fams and took her boyfriend.

派生語

アナグラム

• AFM, AMF, FMA, MAF, MFA

語源

From Proto-Germanic *faimaz.

発音

• IPA: /fɑːm/

名詞

fām n

1. foam

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• fǣman
• fāmiġ

派生した語

• Middle English: fom, fam, fome, foom, foome
  • English: foam
    • → Faroese: fómur
  • Scots: fame, faim, faem
• → Faroese: fám