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Prepositional phrase
about that life
- (slang) Having or desiring an ostentatious lifestyle, especially involving sex, drugs, and violence.
2014, M. T. Pope, Both Sides of the Fence 4: Bad Blood:I'm about that life, so it's no biggie to me. I've been in these streets before.
2015, Claire Contreras, Paper Hearts, page 333:"It's a new lounge. You guys will love it." "Mia may love it. Some of us aren't about that life," Estelle said. "Mia isn't about that life anymore either," I said […]
2015 July 10, “Women to face trial over street brawl stabbings”, in Allentown Morning Call:One of the three woman, Maria Garcia, testified she was stabbed 13 times by Genesis Matos-Ramirez. Matos-Ramirez said during the attack, "I'm all about that life, I will kill you," Garcia testified
2016 February 25, “Delonte West videos show ex NBA star bellowing at kids and ...”, in Daily Mail:According to the fan who earlier uploaded photos of the run-in to Instagram, he gave a rambling answer when asked to confirm he was Delonte West, saying: 'I used to be, but I'm not about that life anymore.'
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see about, that, life.
2015, George T. Lindsey, Mesa Flats Resort Predators and Politics, page 403:He was a cowboy at heart, like the rest of them, although he had never lived the life of a real cowboy or he might not be fantasizing about that life
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