facts

What it means

A way to agree emphatically, declaring that what someone said is undeniably true. It's tossed out as a one-word cosign, the verbal equivalent of nodding hard.

Examples

• "Mondays should be illegal." "Facts."
• Facts, that place has the best tacos in town.
• "We deserve a raise." "Big facts."
• Honestly that's facts, no argument here.

Where it comes from

Grew out of AAVE and hip-hop culture as shorthand for 'that's a fact.' It became a mainstream agreement marker through Twitter and TikTok in the 2010s.

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