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‘For real’ is definitely an Australian-ism (pretty old fashioned, usually inflected up as an incredulous question ‘fa REAL?’, but I’ve not really heard ‘For real life’. Could be a kid thing.



Interesting! We say “for real” here in the US also, but I’d never been able to pin down the full expression from Bluey.




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