"skraight" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more skraight [comparative], most skraight [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} skraight (comparative more skraight, superlative most skraight)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of straight, representing African-American Vernacular English. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: straight, representing African-American Vernacular English

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          "ref": "1992, Preston Coleman, chapter 6, in Elmo Frumpkin: An American Story, Athens, G.A.: Piccolo Press, page 15",
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          "ref": "2006, Eric Jerome Dickey, Chasing Destiny, Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, page 464",
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          "ref": "2013 April 17, Jon Moy, “The 10 Hottest Skyscrapers In The Game Right Now”, in Complex, New York, N.Y.: Complex Networks, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-21",
          "text": "The Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is dedicated solely to education. Yup, 669 ft. of skraight learning.",
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          "ref": "2013 March 18, Drew Millard, “The Night the Bottom Fell Out from Under the Rap Internet”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2022-08-18",
          "text": "The only level head throughout the entire affair seems to have belonged to T.I., who sagely tweeted, \"Just holla'd @my Lil bruh Tunechi...& he skraight! TMZ some fuck-niggaz for reporting that hoe-ass-shit!!! That man daughter is like mines… That shit surely got his mama hurtin,his kids hurtin,& he got true to da game patnas like me & Othas who ready to RIDE bout all da fuck shit.\"",
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          "ref": "2013 June 25, Noire [pseudonym], Dirty Rotten Liar, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishing Corp., page 230",
          "text": "Everybody woulda got the memo that the great Mrs. Domino's rich ass ain't nothin but a jump-off, out there getting' smutted on the side! Damn skraight!",
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          "ref": "2016, LaQuita Cameron, chapter 15, in She Deserves a Rich Thug, Cole Hart Presents, page 177",
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