Two words that became
popular during the
1980s by influence of music. Rappers like
Run DMC,
Public Enemy and
Cameo used word up or
word all the time to receive ideas with
affirmation,
exclaim or ask their
audience to listen to their
words.
Word up has
leaked into the
vocabularies of people around
North America and its still being used by
rappers and in
conversation today.