Keeping it 55th street 

Keeping it real; being upfront and honest.

"Keeping it 55th street with you, chief-- I don't think my friend Muna fucks with you."

Keeping it 55th street by ausdeb November 24, 2021

keeping it in the family 

Partaking in incest

“Why do so many people in this town have the same last name? Are they keeping it in the family or what?”

keeping it in the family by nlolhere November 9, 2020

Keeping it a Buck 

Keeping it a buck means to keep it real, but with the small things in life

"Hey bro, can you tell me which link to go to?"
"Man, I'm keeping it a buck, I just clicked around until I got somewhere"

Keeping it a Buck by CoffeeVC January 27, 2021

Keeping it Ripe

A state of being largely known but seldom understood.

Symptoms include: Smoking and drinking heavily, jam sessions, awesome parties, pathological badassery, crazy stories that actually happened, wacked-out dreams, convincing people you were in 'Nam, rediculous theories, acid ...flashbacks, deep conversations, deepening of consiousness, machavellian intelligence, and possibly other as-of-yet unnoted (or unexperienced) incidents of madness.

If you suffer from one or more of these symptoms, find your nearest ripe-keeper and, well, Keep it fuckin' Ripe

"Keep it ripe, bro."
"How ya been? Keeping it ripe?"
"Damn, dude, that's keeping it ripe at its best!"

Keeping it Ripe by DreAddy February 24, 2011

keeping it real 

Not being fake or influenced. Being true to yourself and your values, but more importantly, being true to innate values that all people acknowledge as respectable. Not frontin, or inhibiting yourself or pretending to be something your not; but also not following dominant values that should not be acceptable.

Honesty, doing the right thing, genuineness, fairness and reasonability are generally aspects of keeping it real. Gandhi kept it real because even though his acts were controversial or illegal, they were never harmful and society now knows he was doing the right thing.

Also used in a more jocular way to explain an individual's behavior that they may have thought was the right thing to do out of stubbornness or disregard for others, but it wasn't really keeping it real because the social concensus is that it is not.

- Matt respects everybody, he is genuinely nice to friends and strangers and does not seek out conflict with people or put them down. He is keeping it real.

- Joe stands up against bullies at his school and defends kids who are getting made fun of, even though he is quite popular and doesn't hang out with those kids. He is keeping it real.

- Ashley skipped Friday night partying with her friends to stay at home and watch movies with her sister who just broke up with a boyfriend. Ashley is keeping it real.

- Josh just isn't a very smart person, but he puts effort into doing the best he can. He is keeping it real.

Alternative example:

Latoya: Tanisha why did you call me out for buying my shoes at Walmart in front of everybody.
Tanisha: I'm just keeping it real, why does it matter where you buy your shoes?
Latoya: Girl you are not keeping it real, I know it doesn't matter where I buy my shoes but people still might make fun of me for it. It's really just none of their business.

keeping it real by Laqueshus June 5, 2009

keeping it 70

When you mean what you say, but you don't say what you mean.

Keeping it 70 is when its not a lie, but not the whole truth.
examples:
"I don't believe so" (Because I know so)
"I feel like I've played within the rules" (that I set for myself).

keeping it 70 by marlobrandon January 30, 2015

keeping it 69

Wisdom derived from the great Stingray himself, to keep it 69 is the opposite of not keeping it 69.

Hence, one should always keep it 69, and for that matter, unprotected.

"Hey man, have you been keeping it 69?"
"Sure have! And unprotected!"

keeping it 69 by Entsorger April 5, 2019