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What does "klk" mean?

What's up? — written klk, said "¿qué lo que?"

Country
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
Say it
keh-loh-KEH
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Friends & informal

How it's actually used

The definitive Dominican greeting. Spoken it is "¿qué lo que?"; written it is almost always klk. The standard reply is "tato" or "to' bien." It is everywhere in Dominican music and social media.

Examples

Where it comes from

A compression of "¿qué es lo que hay?" down to "¿qué lo que?" and then, in texting, to three letters.

What other countries say

Cuba says ¿qué bolá?, Mexico says ¿qué onda?, Colombia says ¿qué más?, Panama says ¿qué xopa?

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