Is it LEGIT? Learn the English slang word - LEGIT

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Okay, let's go to our second slang word today which is legit.
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This is a very commonly used slang word.
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So, legit is a short version  of the word legitimate.
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Legitimate means something is real or genuine.
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So, for example: I might say if I’m buying a Rolex.
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Is it a is it a legitimate Rolex?
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Is it real?
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So, legit is a short form of the word legitimate and we're gonna look at two ways we use legit.
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So, first legit can be used as an adjective, which can mean really really really good or
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authentic.
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Let's think of, talk about a few sentences using this word legit.
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Remember this means really really really really good or authentic.
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So, let's first use it as really really good.
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I might say: the party last night was legit.
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This means it was really really good, really fun.
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It was legit.
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I might use it also to talk about food.
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I love eating all kinds of food.
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So, this is a word I often use to describe food.
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For example: if I find a restaurant that has really good authentic food that real really
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tastes like it's from that place.
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Let's say I find a really good taco restaurant and I eat it.
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Oh, so good I might say these tacos are legit.
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They are super authentic.
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They're so good.
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Okay so we can use legit to describe things that are really great.
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Like awesome really good, so legit.
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It's super legit.
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That movie was legit there.
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Those tacos are legit.
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The next way we can use legit is as an adverb, and here we would use it to mean: truly really.
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Oh, I really don't know.
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So, for example a sentence would be: I legit have no idea this means.
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I really don't know.
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So, we can also use legit as an adverb.
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I might say something also as an adverb.
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Dave Chappelle is legit the best comedian.
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This means I really think this.
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It's really true.
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Alright, so legit short for legitimate and means really good or we might use it as an
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adverb truly really.
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