Dealio Edit Meaning

1.

Pseudo-Spanish for "deal", used to lend an air of urban-chic to an otherwise urbane sentence.

Ok folks, here's the deal...

- vs -

Alright peeps, here's the dealio...

See Woody

2.

Popularized in a Missy Elliott song by the same name, the phrase "What the dealio?" is equivalent to "What's the deal?" or "What is up with this situation?"

What the dealio?

3.

Contraction of "deal" and "yo."

"What's the dealio?" ("What's the deal, yo?")

See deal, problem, question, lowdown

4.

A common misspelling of the term "dilly, yo".

"What the dealio?" instead of "What the dilly, yo?"

See what the dilly yo, dilly yo, dilly, deal

5.

to inquire what is going on

What's the dealio with that dude's fits?

6.

What a Contracting Officer uses in place of "deal" when he is trying to be cool (read: decidedly uncool).

Larry said to Don "What's the dealio with this mod?"

See contracts, deal, cool, uncool, dealio