I’ve seen a lot of people saying it lately and it’s seemingly out of nowhere. I’m particularly interested because almost 10 years ago a popular Korean LoL streamer popularized the phrase in the League community and it was used in precisely the same way. Until now, I never heard anybody else say it but it really piqued my curiosity when I started seeing it again!

Did it start in a particular region or community? Slang seems like it’s changing faster than ever and it’s absolutely insane haha.

  •  chris.   ( @nihilx7E3@beehaw.org ) 
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    1 year ago

    no clue about the history but when we say “real” & nothing else it’s basically either shorthand for “that’s some real shit”, or a longer way to say “fr”. around half the time it’s used in a joking/ironic manner.