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Actually so, genuine, as in Are your plans to move away for real? [Slang; mid-1900s]

QUIZZES

Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.
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They say it's frightening how the real CIA is perceived to be as clueless as Archer Co.
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But if you listen to our leaders, they weren't the real targets here.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was not until later days that Malcolm knew the real nature of the scene through which he rode.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It was in the college stage that most of us made out our religion and made it real for ourselves.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The real experience has a magnetism of its own and will win above mere technicality whenever it has the opportunity.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
If we are to have a real education along lines of expression we must begin with the "content," or cause, of expression.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Another time she might have smiled at the thought as fanciful: it seemed awfully real now.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood