Every good teacher learns from his/her students. Today, for example, I learned a great deal from Lorraine, a rowdy freshman at Heritage. I had taught her the word "befuddle" the day before, so it was only fitting that she teach me the useful phrase "dead as" today. For those of you not as hip to urban slang as I, "dead as" is an expression synonymous with "I truly mean what I have just said," or "I wholeheartedly agree." For example:
Dick: Dat movie last night was off da hook!
Jane: Dead as.
Skip: I 'uz up all night and I be tired as fuuuuck. Dead as.
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