Quote Originally Posted by XanBcoo
One of my favorite recent reinterpretations of a word is the use of "real" to mean "sincere". Real talk.
That's not so recent. "Real" is a word with many interconnected meanings, the most central of which are synonymous with "true", "actual", "genuine", and "authentic". Also, a tertiary meaning is synonymous with "Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation"