"true dat" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-true dat.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Altered pronunciation of true that. Head templates: {{en-interj}} true dat
  1. (slang) An emphatic statement of agreement or affirmation. Tags: slang Synonyms: tru dat, trufax [Internet], true that
    Sense id: en-true_dat-en-intj-0ZGgbUCn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2011 20 January, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan, \"The Love Car Displacement\", episode 4-13 of The Big Bang Theory, 00:15:19-00:15:33",
          "text": "Penny: I really appreciate you letting me stay here tonight. […] I know it's kind of weird.\nLeonard Hofstadter: True dat.\nPenny: \"True dat?\"\nLeonard Hofstadter: I've gotten a lot more street since we broke up."
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