"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

Phrase

Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} DYK
  1. (Internet, text messaging) Initialism of did you know?. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: did you know?
    Sense id: en-DYK-en-phrase-TfawiR7- Categories (other): Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

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