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Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world
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Real McCoy The genuine article
applesauce An expletive same as horsefeathers
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all wet
1. Describes an erroneous idea or individual, For example “when people were unsure of how Gatsby made his money they thought him to be ‘All wet’”
March 9, 1926
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beat it
1. Scram or get lost –
“Tom Buchanan with his gruff nature might tell one to ‘Beat it.’”
Sept. 4, 1924
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carry a torch
1.To have a crush on someone;
“Gatsby ‘Carried a torch’ for Daisy for five years
July 5, 1922
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darb
1. An excellent person or thing
“The ‘Darb’ Gatsby”
August 4, 1925
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2. This slang also might explain the significance of the East and West Egg, where people live the lives of the privileged
egg
1. A person who lives the big life
“Tom and Daisy Buchanan are both ‘eggs’”
July 23, 1922
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Fall Guy
1. Victim of a frame “Gatsby was Daisy’s ‘fall guy’ after
she hit Myrtle with the car”
April 12, 1924
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giggle water 1. An intoxicating beverage;
alcohol
“At all of Gatsby’s parties a variety of ‘giggle water’ is served”
Oct. 21, 1922
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hard boiled
1. a tough, strong guy “Tom Buchanan is really ‘hard boiled’”
Feb. 7, 1921
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it
1. Sex appeal
“Many men think that Daisy has ‘it’”
Aug 19, 1927
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Jack
1. money
“If you come from East Egg you are considered old ‘jack’
Dec 16, 1926
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Keen
1. Attractive or appealing
“ Nick finds Jordan ‘keen’”
Jan 28, 1921
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level with me
1. be honest
“Nick is the most ‘level’ person that he knows”
May 22, 1922
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Mrs. Grundy
1. A priggish or extremely tight-laced person
“Tom is a Mrs. Grundy”
Oct 5, 1929
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nifty
1. great, excellent
“Myrtle thinks Tom is really ‘nifty’ until he breaks her nose”
July 28, 1924
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ossified
1. a drunk person
“ There were tons of ‘ossifieds’ at Gatsby’s parties”
Aug 13, 1925
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Palooka
1. A below-average or average boxer
“F.S. Fitzgerald was a palooka’”
Sept 3, 1926
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Real McCoy
1. The genuine article
“Even at the end of the novel it’s hard to tell if Gatsby was the ‘real McCoy’”
March 2, 1922
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spifflicated
1. Drunk
“You never see Gatsby ‘spifflicated’ at his own parties”
Aug 2, 1923
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take for a ride
1. to drive off with someone in order to bump them off
“When Tom discovers the affair between Daisy and Gatsby he may have wanted to ‘take Gatsby for a ride’ but he doesn’t”
June 21, 1922
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upstage
1. snobby
“People may view the extravagant West Eggers as ‘upstage’ “
June 29, 1922
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Vamp
1. A seducer of men, an aggressive flirt
2. To seduce
“That Daisy is nothing but a ‘vamp!’”
May 3, 1923
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What's eating you?
1. What's wrong?
“In the scene in the hotel someone may have asked Tom ‘what’s eating you?’”
March 12, 1927
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you slay me!
1. That's funny!
“ ‘You slay me!’ Daisy said to Gatsby as she tried to flaunt their love in front of Tom.”
April 6, 1924
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Zozzled
1. drunk
“Nick claims that he’s only been ‘zozzled’ twice in his life”
March 3, 1924
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