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keeping it real

The act of living in the real world. This consists of avoiding prolonged television and computer use. Usually one who keeps it real spends alot of time outside or under the influence of mind expanding drugs.
I decided to start keeping it real by deleting my MySpace.
by MattRabbit April 22, 2006
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Wonder what Clarence Thomas does about keeping it real? That'd be pretty funny.......Yo.
by Mandingoh December 2, 2005
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the reason we have race quatos on college admissions
i know i was supposed to keep a job, but paying bills is for suckas when you can just steel everything, i likes to keep it real

i know the people next door are trying to sleep at 3am while i am playing my music loudly, but someone has to keep it real up in this section 8 housing

when the judge told me i had to do 30days of community service for robbing a bank and raping one of the tells, i just had to keep it real and try to attack the judge, that judge will not be keeping it real with me, that be my role yo
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When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong

In the act of Keeping it Real, the outcome is unexpected and usually has a negative affect on the individual who decided to keep it real. (See Keeping it Real)
After losing his Job, Frank wrote a paper on, "When keeping it real goes wrong."
by SouthParkChef August 18, 2008
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when keeping it real goes wrong

Chappelle show skit that satirizes a situation where a person decides to act on impulse or acts uninhibited by social mores or norms (i.e. "keeping it real") which usually leads to adverse and often times unexpected results.
When keeping it real goes wrong in a board meeting at your corporate job when someone mimics, coopts, or imitates your culture in a condescending way and seeks your affirmation in doing so. (i.e. "Give me some skin, dawg"). Also referred to as "actin' your color"
by JNice007 March 2, 2009
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When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong

The greatest Chappelle's Show skit ever, self explanatory.
You think it's a game nigga? BAH BOW
by General Crap March 7, 2004
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When keeping it real goes wrong

"The Rockets-Lakers game 1 was a bad episode of When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong!" - Stat Boy.
by Richard Dean, Journalist April 19, 2004
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