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Question for someone more knowledgeable in vernacular than us: Would it be correct, if oversimplified, to say that "fam" can be used as a gender-neutral form of "bro"? Someone we know asked us about it and that's the answer I gave, but I'm not 100% sure that's correct.

@scoliwings It is, but I think it has a different quality than "bro" or "fam", both of which seem more associated with sociolects like AAVE I think?

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