Meanings
adverbon the real (not comparable)
- informalnot comparableFor real, seriously.
On the real, are you secretly afraid you're gay?
2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 551 more example
Unless you pull out the fat, crispy / Five-dollar bill, on the real, before it's history
1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz
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