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I don't get the joke, can you explain it ?

AF is short for “as fuck,” e.g., “that movie was funny AF” means it was really funny. Primo AF.

That's the part I understood, but what does primo mean?

In Italian "primo" means "first", I guess in English it has a similar meaning as well?

Er, no. In English, it does not mean anything at all.

"Prime" is the analagous English word, I would think, and it is not a superlative. One would not say "that's prime" of something good, impressive, whatever.

"Prime" means: ready; in the thing's initial state; available for immediate use.

It also has a meaning in maths, but that's not really relevant.

"Primo" is US slang for first-rate: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/primo

In spanish it's cousin

It colloquially means #1 or the best in the US. “Tesla is the primo electric car brand right now.”

.af can be expanded to "as fuck" - primo as fuck

Yes, I understood that, but to this native English speaker, the expanded phrase is meaningless.

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