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Keepin' it real

1: a term that has been largely convoluted by "gangsta" culture.
2: originally meant to mean being true to oneself and representing oneself in an authentic manner
Wrong use: NOT Keepin' it real
Interviewer- So why did you shoot and murder your brother?
Jailed "Gangsta"- That nigga was all up on me trying to tell me to get a job and that sellin drugs ain't right. My homies said he talked to much and I needed to shut him up. I did what I had to do to keep it real.

Right Use: Keepin' it real
Person going in for a job interview: I don't know. What if I don't get the job? What if they don't like me? What should I say?
Friend: Calm down yo. Just keep it real. You got this.
by jajajeniper December 28, 2007
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real nigga shit

real serious shit. People say it to make sure the person they're talking to knows they're real serious about whatever they said.
Nah but real nigga shit I'ma knock that mufucka down at the movies tonight.
by Jason1170 April 25, 2007
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Sunny Day Real Estate

An "original" indie/emo band. SDRE, along with the other bands in the 1980s that first started emo, they are very awesome and actually talented unlike the "emo" crap we now have on MTV.
I love Sunny Day Real Estate, but I HATE that My Chemical Romance crap on MTV.
by someone from new york January 21, 2009
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Real Piece of Shit

Referring to someone that is the utmost waste of space.
Jeff did you seriously just break my computer, your a Real Piece of Shit you know that.
by Paulg08 August 22, 2008
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Real Goth

1. One who conforms to the Gothic subculture, as perpetuated by the late 80's/ early 90's kids that started it. Generally, a real goth is an intellectual individual, with interests in non-mainstream religion(s) or philosophy(s). Many prefered independant music and other media, over that of mainstream.
2. Someone smart enough to know that goth has nothin' to fuckin' do with CLOTHES!
Marcy said she was goth. Marcy said she was scene. Marcy proceeded to whine about every fuckin' thing under the sun, wear neon pink skulls all the fuck over, and listen to the crappiest, most mainstream music she could find (as long as the band wore eyeliner). All of Marcy's loser friends followed suit like the sheep they were. Eventually, the real goths got so sick of it, they stopped calling themselves gothic, so that they didn't have to be affiliated with losers like fuckin' Marcy.
by Zosong July 6, 2005
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real world

An oxymoronic depiction of seven young adults who are paid to live together and squabble over rediculous subjects. These seven people in no way represent a typical cross-section of their peers.
There is absolutely nothing real about the real world. Wanna see the real world? Try watching a guy work his way through college by surviving off of 25 cent ramen noodles. That's the real world beeyaitch!
by Action Squirrel July 9, 2003
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Real ale

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Real Ale is "a name for draft (or bottled) beer brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide."

Bloody good stuff.
Real ale puts hairs on your chest.
by Pete December 16, 2004
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