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pk

'Pourquoi', why, in French texts.

pk t'as pas répondu? (why didn't you answer?)

For parents and educators

Just shorthand. A bare 'pk' can sound blunter than the kid meant.

Where it came from

Texting shorthand for 'pourquoi', used across the French-speaking world.

Also heard as

pq, pk?

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