ENTRY No. 008OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED BY NOBODY
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Chat, is this real?
/ tʃæt ɪz ðɪs rɪəl /
PHRASE · ADDRESSED TO AN AUDIENCE THAT ISN’T THERE
WHAT “CHAT, IS THIS REAL?” ACTUALLY MEANS
A joking phrase that speaks to an imaginary livestream audience (“chat”), the way streamers react to something surprising. People say it when something seems too strange, shocking or ridiculous to believe.
ZACK’S TRANSLATION
Narrating your life to an audience that does not exist. A bit like a diary, except the diary had more viewers.