Verification:
A: “I’m tired today.”
B: “Word?”
Validation:
A: “That sure was a good movie.”
B: “Word!”
Solidarity:
A: “If my colleague speaks to me like that again, I have a mind to stop talking to him.”
B: “Word.”
Skepticism:
A: “I am super-human. I can fly in the sky like a bird and see through solid objects.”
B: “Word!?”
Clarification:
A: “Gracious, what an attractive woman.”
B: “Word?”
A: “That one.”
B: “Word?”
A: “No, THERE! Over there. With the Shitzu.”
Negation:
A: “Beautiful, isn’t she?”
B: “Word.”
A: “Oh.”
B: “But nice Shitzu.”
Diplomacy:
A: “Aloha!”
B: “Word!”