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Depends on context: > Hey folks, what's the status of that document? Just means the people being addressed. > Are your folks coming to dinner? is, "Are your
by deathanatos 5y ago
Depends on context:
> Hey folks, what's the status of that document?
Just means the people being addressed.
> Are your folks coming to dinner?
is, "Are your parents coming to dinner?"
Wiktionary lists both as definitions: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/folks#Etymology_1 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/folks#Etymology_1
- grumpymouse 5y agoI can’t hear ‘folks’ without thinking of Neddie Seagoon from The Goon Show. Probably not what proponents of the word are going for, the show being from the 1950s and in many ways ‘of its time’.
- melissalobos 5y ago> Obama: 'We tortured some folks' https://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/john-brennan-torture-cia-109654 https://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/john-brennan-torture-...