true dat

A form of true that — Synonym of indeed, showing agreement with another speaker's previous statement.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. pronunciation spellingslangchiefly African-American VernacularPronunciation spelling of true that.

    "Dis weather sucks." "True dat."

    3 more examples

    "No one would ever think you were born in Paris." "True dat."

    2002, Sheila Copeland, Princess Sister, Sepia/BET Books, →ISBN, page 227

    "And Adam looks a lot like Sean." "True dat."

    2007, Jennifer Echols, The Boys Next Door, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 109

    Penny: I really appreciate you letting me stay here tonight. […] I know it's kind of weird. Leonard Hofstadter: True dat. Penny: "True dat?" Leonard Hofstadter: I've gotten a lot more street since we broke up.

    2011 20 January, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan, "The Love Car Displacement", episode 4-13 of The Big Bang Theory, 00:15:19-00:15:33

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
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Cite this entry
APA

true dat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/true%20dat

MLA

“true dat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/true%20dat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “true dat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/true%20dat.

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