fam

[ fam ]

/ fæm /

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noun Informal.

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.

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Origin of fam

By shortening

FAM

abbreviation Trademark.

the Family Channel: a cable television channel.

fam.

abbreviation

familiar.

family.

F.A.M.

abbreviation

Free and Accepted Masons.

I don't love the damn' scoundrel any betteh than you do, Graham; but thah's a reason—a fam'ly reason, as you might say.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
They were a singularly badly mated couple, with a fam'ly iv fourteen childher, but he did not live long to enjoy his happiness.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
If ye think th' highest jooty iv citizenship is to raise a fam'ly why don't ye give a vote to th' shad?
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
Th' house is burned, th' sheriff has levied on his furniture or th' fam'ly are down with th' whoopin' cough.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne

Th' very young mimbers iv th' fam'ly ar-re standin' around, thryin' to look as sad as they think they ought to look.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne