folks
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- noun
- /foʊks/
- Informal
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padres
- Can you please explain to us old folks what Choogie means?
- Old Folks
- Folks at Home
And I said, oh, your folks were OK with that.
- And I said, oh, your folks were OK with that.
- You Speaking of your folks, you introduced them to the Obamas.
- And by the grace of God, Oprah Winfrey's folks saw it.
- So, you know, how are your, how are your folks growing up?
- But when I'm mad at my folks, it's it's it takes over completely.
- He got kicked out of his folks house 'cause he didn't want to lure it up.
- Is that the one on the wanna introduce you to my Ken folks?
Examples
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And I said, oh, your folks were OK with that.
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Shoot, it's the hope of my folks, like my dad got up every day, do his job at the city water plant.
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I never told my folks about that, big man.
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So I'm going to give my folks what I have been wishing I'd get from them.
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And, and I started, I started bugging my, my folks for a, a mini bike of some sort, which they were, you know, dead set against.
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WOW, WAIT TILL I TELL MY FOLKS I MET SPINNER DUNN.
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I CAN'T WAIT FOR MY FOLKS TO MEET CLIFFORD.
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UH, I DON'T REALLY DO THE WHOLE CHRISTMAS THING SINCE I DON'T LIVE WITH MY FOLKS ANYMORE.
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YOUR FOLKS STILL TOGETHER?
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My folks always support me in everything I do.
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Etymology
The word folks is also used informally to mean 'parents' and comes from using folk to mean your 'family' or the 'people' you belong to. A helpful way to remember is to think of folks as 'my people', so it can mean 'my parents'.