"DYK" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: DYKs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} DYK (plural DYKs)
  1. (rare) A question taking the form "did you know?". Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-DYK-en-noun-fJJ2hohn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} DYK
  1. (Internet, text messaging) Initialism of did you know? Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: did you know? Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-DYK-en-phrase-sr2NT7Nw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43

Inflected forms

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