Definition of real life

real life

noun - uncountable

outside college.
He did really well in college, but I don't think he's going to make it in real life.

Last edited on Jun 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
in the physical world - i.e. off of the Internet.
I haven't actually met him in real life.

Last edited on Jun 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 09 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'life':
be life	Definitions include: to be good, enjoyable, important to a person, etc.
BFFL	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life".
FML	Definitions include: acronym for "fuck my life."
for the life of (one)	Definitions include: as if one's life depended on it.
FYL	Definitions include: acronym for "fuck your life".
get a life	Definitions include: a generic insult.
hard-knock life	Definitions include: a life during which many bad things happen.
IRL	Definitions include: acronym for "in real life".
life	Definitions include: See also be life.
Life is a one way mission.	Definitions include: This describes a fatalist, philosophical view of life, based upon the military slang term for a mission which is terminal.
lifer	Definitions include: a person with a life sentence in prison.
live life by the drop	Definitions include: To live with the present being the most important; to live a dream or to understand the unchanging world, so to speak.
low-life	Definitions include: a criminal or evil person.
MLIG	Definitions include: acronym for "my life is great".
not on (one's) life.	Definitions include: an assertion that something will never happen.
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Other terms relating to 'real':
be real	Definitions include: to act as oneself - to not put on a facade.
Champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends	Definitions include: champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends
fo rizzal	Definitions include: "for real".
forizzle	Definitions include: "for real".
for real	Definitions include: "Are you telling me the truth?" or "I'm telling you the truth."
for reals	Definitions include: "for real", i.e. "seriously".
for real though	Definitions include: "for real though", i.e. "seriously though".
get real.	Definitions include: statement of disbelief.
IRL	Definitions include: acronym for "in real life".
ITRW	Definitions include: acronym for "in the real world".
keep it on the real	Definitions include: to tell the truth about something.
keep it real	Definitions include: to stay true to one's self; to resist the temptation to be fake.
on the real	Definitions include: truthful, honest.
on the reals	Definitions include: Alternate form of on the real.
real	Definitions include: acting true to one's self.
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