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clyde
noun- a misfit; an outcast US, 1950
- To the swinger there are two types of people: swingers and “clydes.” He looks down his nose at the clydes[.] — William and Jerrye Breedlove, Swap Clubs, p. 58, 1964
- I registered the unconscious contempt of the barkers for the Alvins and the Clydes who strolled the midway, fat silly sheep who thought it fun to be fleeced[.] — Malcolm Braley, False Starts, p. 69, 1976
- “Clyde” -- a loser, a shmendrick. Also, “a cantaloupe.” — Washington Post, p. B1, 17 January 1985
- You hear that, Clyde? That’s got to be the most spooky-ass question I’ve ever heard. — Heathers, 1988
- Just men, maybe ten guys in clothes you haven’t seen in twenty years, like it’s the Misfits Convention, all these fuckin’ Clydes in one place. Except these Clydes are gangsters and they’re all looking at us now like, what’s going on? — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 240, 1999
- during the Vietnam war, a Viet Cong or North Vietnamese regular US
- VICTOR CHARLIE. Viet Cong. VC. Also shortened to “Charlie,” “Clyde,” etc. — Ken Melvin, Sorry ’Bout That, p. 96, 1966: Glossary
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 45, 1991
- used to refer to any object the name of which you cannot remember or do not know US
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcyle Slang, p. 53, 1992
▶ as deep and dirty as the Clyde
used of someone who is devious, dishonest, secretive or untrustworthy UK: SCOTLAND
Glasgow use, formed on the River Clyde.- — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, 1985
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