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kob

Money, cash. Montréal slang.

J'ai pas de kob pour le cinéma. (I don't have money for the movies.)

For parents and educators

A neutral word for money. Like 'wesh' and 'wallah', it spreads through friend groups across backgrounds.

Where it came from

From Haitian Creole 'kòb', money. Part of the Creole words in Montréal youth slang.

Also heard as

kòb

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