Timeline for Saying something is "for real" vs just saying something is "real"
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| Apr 1, 2022 at 4:01 | history | edited | Justin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 1, 2022 at 2:10 | answer | added | Sathya | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 16, 2014 at 20:22 | answer | added | DeadlyChambers | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 16, 2014 at 17:55 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | I think you're spot-on. Children use this phrase, and the movie/book is based on what a child (supposedly) said. @TheBlueDog - anger management courses are really fun. It's amazing how they take down the rage... | |
| May 16, 2014 at 17:05 | vote | accept | Greg | ||
| May 16, 2014 at 15:56 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/467332794377461761 | ||
| May 16, 2014 at 15:50 | answer | added | Third News | timeline score: -2 | |
| May 16, 2014 at 15:46 | answer | added | alcas | timeline score: 27 | |
| May 16, 2014 at 15:41 | comment | added | Apprentice Queue | "for real" is also used to mean the opposite of "for practice", "for testing", etc. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 15:36 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 16, 2014 at 15:30 | answer | added | Erik Kowal | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 16, 2014 at 15:22 | comment | added | Colin Fine | I think you're right: it is an expression associated with childish speech, and used more or less consciously for that connotation. In structure, it is similar to for fun, but fun is a noun, not an adjective (it has limited adjectival use), so it's not quite parallel. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 15:15 | history | asked | Greg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |