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serious as a heart attack

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
se-ri-ous as a -heart at-tack
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Completely serious and not joking at all.

American usage; Informal

Usage

Questions

What does serious as a heart attack mean?
Completely serious and not joking at all.

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