What is Dead-ass?
1.
Meaning to be serious about a subject previously spoken of in a conversation
That dude was packin' heat last night, I'm dead-ass, man.
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2.
formerly dead-s meaning dead serious. the ghetto form of dead serious is dead-s, which is not used anymore. less stress is used wen saying the word dead-ass so it has replaced dead-s.
p1: yo, homie, im gettin ass from jennifer tonite!
p2: u dead-ass?
p1: YEA!
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