Definition of "fam"

fam

/fæm/

noun
plural fams
1. (informal) Clipping of family.
2. (colloquial, hospitality industry) Clipping of familiarization.
3. (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, Internet slang) A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.
  Quotations
  “Yo, Audre, so content warning: My mama is wearing booty shorts—or pum-pum shorts, whatever you call it—doing yoga in the backyard. She is very comfortable with herself and her body and all a that, so you been warned, fam.”
  2019, Junauda Petrus, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, Penguin, page 77