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lore

What does lore mean?

A person's or thing's backstory — the accumulated history and context that explains them. To "drop lore" is to reveal a surprising bit of your past.

"He just casually dropped that he used to be a child actor — the lore is wild."

Origin

Borrowed from gaming and fandom, where "lore" is a fictional world's backstory.

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