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🔰XYZ

✍🏾Meaning:

"code" said to alert someone that their zipper, or fly, is open

❕For example:

🔺"Hey, Bob. XYZ, dude."

🔺I noticed that Tony had forgotten to do up his fly, so I said "XYZ, Tony" and winked as I looked down at his fly. Tony looked a bit confused, and then said he wasn't gay. Apparently he didn't know what "XYZ" means. 💥Note: This is a type of "code word" used to avoid the socially awkward situation of having to tell someone directly that their zipper, or fly, is open.

©Origin: derived from "(e)Xamine Your Zipper"

🗣Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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