adjective General Slang

deep

· adjective · mle

Heavy, serious, properly unfortunate.

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Definitions

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Serious, heavy, grim — said about a situation that's hit harder than expected. The MLE equivalent of 'that's rough' but with more weight behind it.

“His mum kicked him out last night with nowhere to go — that's deep, bruv.”
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In numbers, used to describe a group: 'we came ten-deep' means ten of us rolled together. Different sense, same word.

“They pulled up twenty-deep outside the chicken shop.”
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deep In A Sentence

His mum kicked him out last night with nowhere to go — that's deep, bruv.
They pulled up twenty-deep outside the chicken shop.

Origin & Usage

General Black English/AAVE usage 'that's deep' for emotionally heavy. The 'X-deep' counting sense is older hip-hop slang. Both senses live in MLE.

Variants deeepthat's deep

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