deadass
English
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
deadass
Where it comes from
From dead + -ass (“used to intensify an adjective”). Some senses from an ellipsis of dead-ass serious, from dead serious + -ass. Originated in New York City, and popularized around the late 1990s–2000s.
adjective more deadass · most deadass · dead ass · dead-ass · deaduzz
- 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
- 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.
- Dead serious. You need to quit talking about my mama. I'm deadass.
adverb dead ass · dead-ass · deaduzz
- 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."
- Really; seriously; actually. I was deadass starving.
noun deadasses · dead ass · dead-ass · deaduzz
- A lazy or unenergetic person. […] us women know which man has got the spring and who and which is the unfortunate dead ass […]
Talk about this word "deadass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/deadass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. deadass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/deadass "deadass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/deadass.Cite this
@misc{deadass_2026,
title = {deadass},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deadass},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
