mod. genuine; not imaginary. : Ken is really strange. Is he for real?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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for real
Actually so, genuine, as in Are your plans to move away for real? [Slang; mid-1900s]
