English lesson: Word

For some reason, teaching my Indian co-workers 80s rap lingo is hilarious to me.

Today:

(04:46:59 PM) COWORKER: Hey Brian
(04:47:07 PM) ME: word
(04:47:17 PM) COWORKER: ?
(04:47:47 PM) ME: heh
(04:48:01 PM) ME: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=word
1) well said
2) said in a agreement
3) can be used as a greeting, hey whats up
(04:48:10 PM) COWORKER: :)
(04:48:12 PM) COWORKER: ok..
(04:48:12 PM) ME: means "hey what's up" in 80s rap lingo :)
(04:48:16 PM) ME: word
(04:48:23 PM) COWORKER: cool..

and this was a month ago:

(02:38:52 PM) COWORKER: Hi Brian
(02:38:56 PM) ME: word
(02:40:10 PM) what's word ?
(02:40:42 PM) ME: word - an 80s rap greeting - also
synonymous with yes
(02:40:57 PM) COWORKER: ok
(02:41:23 PM) ME: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=word
(02:41:31 PM) ME: 1) well said
2)said in a agreement
3) can be used as a greeting, hey whats up
(02:42:01 PM) ME: I expect you to greet me with "word" next time I see you
(02:42:21 PM) COWORKER: word

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