a close friend or group of friends thought of as family.
All these guys are my fam.
family.
Most of my fam is in New York.
familiar.
family.
What does fam mean? Fam, short for family, is a slang word used for one's close friends—your people.
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“So yea but please keep the fam in prayers,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
He could have condemned it , announced an exec, order , asked for deeper research into his fam.
From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023
Gather the fam: The entire first season is streaming Friday on Netflix.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022
"It's been very stressful, we grow seven different varieties on the fam to stagger the harvest, what the heatwave had done was confused some of the later varieties and made them ready early," he says.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2022
By coming here, I took one for the team, for the fam, for my dear sister.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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