srsly

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/sɚsli//sɑɹsli/

interjection

Are you serious? Really?

“A: My mum just broke her leg… B: srsly?!”

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Meanings

interjectionsrsly?
  1. InternetAre you serious? Really?

    A: My mum just broke her leg… B: srsly?!

    1 more example

    what's the point of names anyway. srsly. you could call a 🌹 a different name, and it would still 👃 just as sweet.

    2015, William Shakespeare, Courtney Carbone, srsly Hamlet, Random House, →ISBN
adverbsrsly (comparative more srsly, superlative most srsly)

comparative more srsly · superlative most srsly

  1. InternetSeriously.

    A: She's srsly afraid to go out now. B: Yeah, that's understandable.

    1 more example

    Srsly though, graduation isn't a forever goodbye and your future reunions will recapture the feelings you're leaving behind, believe it or not.

    2024 May 2, Nicole Pomarico, Kayleigh Roberts, Starr Bowenbank, “The Best Graduation Songs of All Time”, in Cosmopolitan

Origin

A shortening of seriously by removing the vowels, as is common on IRC or texting.

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Cite this entry
APA

srsly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/srsly

MLA

“srsly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/srsly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “srsly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/srsly.

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