A fork of Rural Dictionary
When you hear something that defies a normal "That's Cool". It is typically found in use by teenagers and hipsters.
John- "Did you hear about the Semi truck that did a back flip yesterday?" James- "Yeah, dude. I saw it in a video online. THAT'S LEGIT!"
Something is legitimate. That something is respectable. Statements made by Robert at Texas Tech. See I respect that
a shortened form of the word "legitimate". however, this term is nowhere near the real meaning of "legitimate", since it is commonly used to describe things as cool or extremely awesome.
guy 1: did you go to the party last night? guy 2: uhmm no guy 1: oh you missed out. it was legit.
When your friend nails a sweet scooter trick, it is called legitness
*lands scooter trick* "That was legitness"
A word used to describe something that was super duper cool. Originally popularized in a Vine, this word has become a common part of many young people's vocabularies.
Short for "legitimate". NOT short for "legitimately" which is a totally different word. The difference is roughly the same as between "good" and "well" – in case you cared. An extremely popular yet badly understood filler word.
Melvin: "Bill Murray must be legit the most underrated comedian ever!" Sparky: "IKR? He could've been literally one of the greatest, though."