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title: "dead dogs · GenZ Decoded"
description: "dead dogs: Completely serious; a way of insisting you are telling the truth. Same as deadass. Example: \"Dead dogs, that's exactly what she said.\""
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# dead dogs

Gen Z[#speech](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/speech/)

**Meaning.** Completely serious; a way of insisting you are telling the truth. Same as deadass.

See it in a sentence

Dead dogs, that's exactly what she said.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    dead dogs,[deadass](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/deadass/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [real talk](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/real-talk/)

- Gen X

    [straight up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/straight-up/)

- Boomer

    [for real](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/for-real/)

- Plain English

    completely serious

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## Related slang

- [bout to](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bout-to/): Informal shorthand for about to.
- [bouta](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bouta/): Shorthand for about to; signals you are on the verge of doing something.
- [fixin’ to](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fixin-to/): Southern-influenced shorthand meaning about to do something soon.
- [fixing to](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fixing-to/): About to do something.

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