Anna in Bellingham, Washington, is puzzled by her younger roommates’ use of the expression bet to “sure,” “okay,” “yes,” “cool.” This slang has been around for at least 30 years and is sometimes expanded to bet bet or even bet bet bet and is probably derived from expressions like you bet. This is part of a complete episode.
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