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noun

• acronym for "all but dissertation".
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  Last edited on Sep 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2010.

• acronym for "a big dick".
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  Last edited on Sep 25 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 25 2011.

other

• Canadian pronunciation of "about".

  I don't know what you're talking aboot.

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  Last edited on Sep 29 2011. Submitted by Kevyn J. from Manhattan, KS, USA on Jul 07 1998.

adjective

• in support of. Also about that. Sometimes prefixed with "all" as an intensifier. Sometimes pronounced "'bout it" or "'bout that."

  I'm so not about that.

  Speaker: You want to leave now?
  
  Response: I'm about it.

  Whatever you want to do, I'm all about it.

  If you wanna leave, I'm all about it.

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  Last edited on May 12 2013. Submitted by Nikkii from Jackson, TN, USA on Oct 16 1997.

• a greeting, similar to "What's happening?" In this context, the term is an abbreviation of "How about it?"
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  Last edited on Mar 04 1998. Submitted by Ryan from Spartanburg, SC, USA on Mar 04 1998.

• all that, pimp, player. Sometimes used twice. Popularized by rapper Master P. in his song "Bout it, Bout it."

  I'm 'bout it.

  I'm 'bout it 'bout it.

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  Last edited on Mar 15 1998. Submitted by Jackie Cuevas from San Jose, CA, USA on Mar 15 1998.

interjection

• statement of agreement.
  
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  Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 06 2011.

verb

• bet or bet that - "you can bet(that), i'm all about it"

  Last edited on May 04 2017. Submitted by Anonymous on May 04 2017.

interjection

• very absolutely. "Absolutely" with "fucking" as an expletive infix.

  Person A: Do you still want to go to the concert tonight?
  
  Person B: Abso-fuckin'-lutely.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: very, extremely, completely, in a grand way.

  Last edited on Oct 20 2012. Submitted by John . on May 04 2004.

other

• "about".

  wuz this movei abt.

  I'm abt to go out.

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  Last edited on May 12 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 12 2012.

noun

• air conditioning.

                                                                    
  
  Citation from "Pride", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 7 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 25 2011.

interjection

• as a question, to enquire whether someone is present.

  Speaker: ACK?
  
  Response: ACK.

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  Last edited on Sep 28 2008. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

• as a statement, to confirm one's presence. An appropriate response to ping.

  Speaker: Are you there?
  
  Response: ACK.

  Speaker: ping
  
  Response: ACK.

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  Last edited on Apr 26 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

• an exclamation of surprise or alarm.

  Ack!

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  Last edited on Sep 28 2008. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

• yes.

  Speaker: Do you want to shop for monitors?
  
  Response: ACK.

  Speaker: Do you want to shop for monitors?
  
  Response: ACK, but we don't need to buy one today.

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  Last edited on Jun 14 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

origin

• ACK is a common abbreviation for "acknowledged," used in computing. The opposite of ACK is NAK.
  
  Note that "ack" as an exclamation of surprise or alarm has no relation to computing.

  Last edited on Apr 26 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.