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Lam vs Fam - What's the difference?

lam | fam |

As a noun lam

is a flap (on the sides of a truck's bed).

As a proper noun fam is

a local language spoken in the taraba state area of nigeria.

lam

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lemja.

Noun

(-)
  • Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

    • Verb

  • To beat or thrash

    • Derived terms

    * lambaste

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, .

    • Anagrams

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    fam

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) Family
    • I'm gonna visit the fam .
  • (colloquial, hospitality industry) Familiarization.
    • The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.
    She arranged back-to-back fams and took her boyfriend.
  • (slang, AAVE, and, Multicultural London English)
    • Hey fam how you doin'? / Safe mate, safe.

    Anagrams

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