Timeline for Saying something is "for real" vs just saying something is "real"
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| May 16, 2014 at 20:25 | comment | added | DeadlyChambers | I have never heard anyone use for real in the context of B. That sounds like the pizza is talking or has done something unbelievable. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 18:02 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | @Greg - "This isn't some stupid movie stunt you're pulling; this is for real. People can get hurt." | |
| May 16, 2014 at 18:01 | comment | added | Frank | @Doc After ten bottles of vodka I think one can be excused for a little grammar slippage. ;) | |
| May 16, 2014 at 17:50 | comment | added | Doc | @Frank "I drank" not "I drunk". | |
| May 16, 2014 at 17:05 | vote | accept | Greg | ||
| May 16, 2014 at 16:34 | comment | added | Frank | @Greg I drunk eight bottles of vodka last night Are you for real? No, I'm joking, it was ten. Change for real to serious and there you have it. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 16:21 | comment | added | Greg | Could you give me an example of when "for real" can be interpreted as "serious" ? | |
| May 16, 2014 at 16:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | For real can also be used in contexts where it means serious (as opposed to either or both senses - flippant, in jest and inconsequential, trivial). | |
| May 16, 2014 at 16:02 | comment | added | alcas | @Frank, that's a great and much simpler illustration of what I was trying to say! Thanks. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 15:52 | comment | added | Frank | +1 for legitimate. When someone asks me Are you for real? they are obviously not asking if I am actually real. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 15:46 | history | answered | alcas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |