| Skeptical text |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2025 |
| Texter's "No kidding" |
Newsday |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Texter's "No kidding?" |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jun 2025 |
| "4 real?" |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2025 |
| "Rly?" |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2025 |
| "R u kidding me?" |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2025 |
| "4 real?" |
Universal |
13 Feb 2025 |
| "r u kidding?!" |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2025 |
| "r u 4 real?" |
New York Times |
07 Oct 2024 |
| r u joking?! |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Aug 2024 |
| "4 real!" |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2024 |
| Texter's "For real?" |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2024 |
| "rly?" |
Universal |
07 May 2024 |
| Texter's "Are you kidding?" |
Commuter |
04 May 2024 |
| "4 real?!" |
Universal |
28 Apr 2024 |
| "4 real?" |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Mar 2024 |
| "4 real" |
Universal |
23 Jan 2024 |
| 4 realz?! |
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| "r u kidding me?" |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2023 |
| "4 realz?!" |
Universal |
25 Jun 2023 |
| "But rly tho??" |
Universal |
29 Mar 2023 |
| "r u 4 real?" |
Universal |
09 Mar 2023 |
| 'omg 4 real?' |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2022 |
| 'ur joking, right?!' |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2022 |
| 'r u 4 real?' |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2022 |
| "R u for real?" |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2022 |
| 'R u for real?' |
The Washington Post |
03 May 2022 |
| “Really?,” in textspeak |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2021 |
| 'r u 4 real?' |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2021 |
| "r u 4 real?" |
Universal |
16 Nov 2020 |
| 'r u for real?' |
USA Today |
15 May 2020 |
| 'r u kidding me?!' |
New York Times |
14 May 2020 |
| 'r u 4 real?' |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2018 |
| "wait, wut??" |
The New Yorker |
11 Jun 2018 |
| 'Are you kidding me?,' in texts |
New York Times |
24 May 2018 |
| "Are you kidding me?," in texts |
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| "r u 4 real?" |
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| Possible 'OMG!' follow-up |
New York Times |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Possible "OMG!" follow-up |
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| 4 realz |
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