Citations:true dat

English citations of true dat

Interjection: "(slang) an emphatic statement of agreement or affirmation"

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• 2000 — Ola Vay, Beauty of a Black Woman, Writers Club Press (2000), →ISBN, page 164:

  […] We were too young to cook for ourselves and it was his job anyway! Am I right?"

  "True dat, true dat! […]

• 2002 — Sheila Copeland, Princess Sister, Sepia/BET Books (2002), →ISBN, page 227:

  "No one would ever think you were born in Paris."

  "True dat."

• 2002 — Damon Murphy, Sons Like Me, Writer's Showcase (2002), →ISBN, page 161:

  […] There are plenty of orgy opportunities in New York without me creating another one."

  "True dat! True dat! But where is this idea coming from?"

• 2004 — Y. Blak Moore, The Apostles, Strivers Row (2004), →ISBN, page 105:

  "Well, at least I'll be alive to stand trial, A."

  "True dat," Reg agreed.

• 2004 — Tracie Howard & Danita Carter, Success is the Best Revenge, New American Library (2004), →ISBN, page 55:

  "I owe you big-time, Jimmy."

  "True dat, true dat. Just remember when you start milking Mr. Moneybags, get an extra pint or two for me."

• 2004 — Michael Santos, About Prison, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning (2004), →ISBN, page 147:

  "True dat, true dat," another confirmed.

• 2005 — Adam Mansbach, Angry Black White Boy: The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay, Three Rivers Press (2005), →ISBN, page 239:

  "True dat," agreed his DJ, Prosthetic Ed.

• 2007 — Jennifer Echols, The Boys Next Door, Simon Pulse (2007), →ISBN, page 109:

  "And Adam looks a lot like Sean."

  "True dat."

• 2007 — Stacy-Deanne, Everlasting, Strebor Books (2007), →ISBN, pages 9-10:

  […] If it's time to bust some caps, my brother has to be down for me on that. And I have to be down for him."

  "True dat, true dat."

• 2009 — Vickie M. Stringer, Let That Be the Reason, Atria (2009), →ISBN, page 128:

  […] Yes, we're doing wrong, but we still need to pray for each other as well as ourselves."

  "True dat, true dat."

• 2011 — 20 January, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan, "The Love Car Displacement", episode 4-13 of The Big Bang Theory, 00:15:19-00:15:33:

  Penny: I really appreciate you letting me stay here tonight. […] I know it's kind of weird.
  

  Leonard Hofstadter: True dat.
  

  Penny: "True dat?"
  

  Leonard Hofstadter: I've gotten a lot more street since we broke up.
  

• 2012 — Dakota Cassidy, Accidentally Dead, Again, Berkley Sensation (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  "What does, sir? Has anything that's happened to you since your turn made sense?"

  "True dat, Archibald. True dat."

• 2012 — Wm. Paul, A Set Up!: An Urban Street Novel, AuthorHouse (2012), →ISBN, page 127:

  "Yo I was scared man. You know I don't look for this drama like you Will."

  "True dat. True dat!"

• 2012 — Kimberly Van Meter, Playing the Part, Harlequin (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  "I'd never be able to live with myself if I kept you all to myself."

  "True dat," he said, laughter in his voice.

• 2012 — Kiersten White, Endlessly, HarperTeen (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  […] You're rather single-minded when it comes to adoring him."

  "True dat," Arianna said, nodding.