that's what I'm talking about

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that's what I'm talking about

  1. (slang, orignally, African-American Vernacular) Used to express enthusiastic support for an object or person that has just been referenced or for an event that has just occurred.
    • 1954, Jean Kerr with Eleanor Brooke, King of hearts, page 32:
      Daisy Mae just says that the Fiendo-Monster wanted to be sure everybody could see his whole face so he shaved off his mustache.
      There! That's what I'm talking about. When he turns around he's going to look like me.
    • 1967, “Fire”, in Jimi Hendrix (music), Are You Experienced:
      Yeah, you know what I'm talking 'bout / Yeah, get on with it, baby / That's what I'm talking 'bout / Now dig this!
    • 1968, James Baldwin, The Amen Corner, page 46:
      [Sister Moore] Is she been trying to serve the Lord? Or is she just wanted to put herself up over everybody else?
      [Brother Boxer] Now, that's what I'm talking about. The Word say, You going to know a tree by it's fruit. And we ain't been seeing such good fruit from Sister Margaret.

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