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deadass

adverb

  1. seriously
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From dead + -ass (“used to intensify an adjective”). Some senses from an ellipsis of dead serious + ass. Originated in New York City, and popularized around the late 1990s–2000s.

  1. Having very little activity; dead.

    I could tell what you two had right off the bat. It was the same with me and my Rosario. That's what keeps me goin in this deadass joint, because there's no way she don't show someday and when that day comes the round man hauls some vino outta one of them shrouds he uses as filin cabinets or you're gonna see him walkin around with a brand new face.

    On my way back to town I get to thinking about what Sandee said about Kirby: 'Fix the bastard'. Hmm...maybe we should. After all, what else is there to do on a Friday night in our deadass town?

  2. Genuine; real. Used as a negative intensifier.

    He bellowed at us, yelling that he was fucked if he was going to let a group of dead-ass wankers spoil his time off.

    "Mad Dog" Maurice Vachon, one of the awa's top stars for years, wasn't what you would call a great worker. He was as unorthodox as hell, but his interviews were such a deadass shoot about how mean he was, how ferocious he was and how he was going to tear you limb from limb that no one watching his promos doubted him.

  3. Dead serious.

    You need to quit talking about my mama. I'm deadass.

    "Oh yeah, Dior. Tell ya' boss if he like his life then he better keep his distance from you. Deadass," He said from the bathroom and my eyes widened.

adv

Etymology: From dead + -ass (“used to intensify an adjective”). Some senses from an ellipsis of dead serious + ass. Originated in New York City, and popularized around the late 1990s–2000s.

  1. Directly; dead on.

    As he started inside, thinking only of fresh water and bed, Frenchy said, "Hurry back and I'll help you fix the baits." / "We're not through?" / "Oh, man, Joe keeps his pots at work, not deadass on deck."

    I slapped the Mexican on the helmet— that was the signal to fire—and whoosh! that 106 round hit dead ass on top of the gooks. Whooo, the first time! The other guys scrambled up out of that trench and jumped all over us.

  2. Really; seriously; actually.

    I was deadass starving.

    "Im positively deadass tired,' she says, rushing over to us. "Babies, there just aint no one at the 1-2-3—someone's been spreading rumors that theres so much junk being sold there that the cops are gonna knock it over any day!"

noun

Etymology: From dead + -ass (“used to intensify an adjective”). Some senses from an ellipsis of dead serious + ass. Originated in New York City, and popularized around the late 1990s–2000s.

  1. A lazy or unenergetic person.

    […] us women know which man has got the spring and who and which is the unfortunate dead ass […]

    He comes onto the ward with his tight reddish-blond curls tumbling out from under his cap, cracking jokes and trying to get some action going among these deadasses in the loony bin.