Definition of for real
for real 
interjection
- "Are you telling me the truth?" or "I'm telling you the truth." Also for reals.
Sally: I got an A on my paper.
Bennie: For real?
Sally: For real!
Citation from "The Inner Circle", The Office (TV), Season 7 Episode 23 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: inquiries (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: yes, agreements (statements of).
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Laura from Clarion, PA, USA on Dec 03 2002.
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Other terms relating to 'inquiries (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: roughly equivalent to "serious." Used similarly to phrases such as, "Seriously?" "Are you serious?" etc. | |
| Definitions include: used to inquire the owner of an item. Example: someone would hold up a pencil and, speaking to a group, ask "Who's own?" | |
| Definitions include: as a question, to enquire whether someone is present. | |
| Definitions include: seriously. | |
| Definitions include: online chatting acronym for "age, sex, location?" That is, an inquiry into a person's age, gender, and location. | |
| Definitions include: what are you doing. | |
| Definitions include: synonymous with "What do you think about that?" Also "How do you like them apples?" | |
Other terms relating to 'yes, agreements (statements of)': | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "isn't it". | |
| Definitions include: "for real", i.e. "seriously". | |
| Definitions include: "alright". | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of excitement or agreement. | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "yes". | |
| Definitions include: "for sure". | |
| Definitions include: an expression of affirmation. | |
| Definitions include: on schedule, under control, with necessary preconditions met, etc. | |
| Definitions include: equivalent to "I already know" or "You already know," as if to say "YES!" emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: "yes". | |
| Definitions include: see hells. | |
| Definitions include: seriously. | |
| Definitions include: alternative pronunciation of "hundred." | |
| Definitions include: of course; definitely. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of agreement. | |
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Other terms relating to 'for': | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: return on one's money spent. | |
| Definitions include: to be homosexual. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life". | |
| Definitions include: a phrase used in reference to someone under the influence of opiates who keeps nodding off with their mouth open, as it resembles performing fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B. | |
| Definitions include: British expression meaning that the speaker doesn't want to do something. | |
| Definitions include: to be excited about. | |
| Definitions include: The act of vomiting. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit (noisily). | |
| Definitions include: the person is going to be in trouble. | |
| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: fat. | |
| Definitions include: able to handle or tolerate. | |
| Definitions include: to perform varicose vein surgery. | |
Other terms relating to 'real': | |
| Definitions include: to act as oneself - to not put on a facade. | |
| Definitions include: "for real". | |
| Definitions include: "for real". | |
| Definitions include: "for real", i.e. "seriously". | |
| Definitions include: "for real though", i.e. "seriously though". | |
| Definitions include: statement of disbelief. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in real life". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in the real world". | |
| Definitions include: to stay true to one's self; to resist the temptation to be fake. | |
| Definitions include: truthful, honest. | |
| Definitions include: Alternate form of on the real. | |
| Definitions include: Acting as yourself 2. Truth or Truthfully. | |
| Definitions include: something legitimate. | |
| Definitions include: any limited resource measured in units of area. | |
| Definitions include: Rather antiquated expressions meaning 'Great!'; 'Super!', 'Wonderful!' | |
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