![]() ![]() It is usually considered derogatory, with an undercurrent of appreciation. While people associate it with all that is banal or sentimental, over-used, campy, kitschy, or tasteless, it is not really a synonym for any of these things. (informal) too emotional or romantic, in a way that is embarrassing. What does Yankee dime mean in the outsiders?Ī Yankee dime is a Southern term for a kiss. ![]() What does lighting up mean in the outsiders? Johnny prefers it when his dad is hitting him because, as he says, it is these times when Johnny feels like his father knows that he is there. Pony is upset not only because Darry hit him, but because Darry is always nagging him. Johnny says this after Ponyboy tells him about the fight with Darry. Why does Johnny like it better when his father hits? Dally informs them that Cherry has said that she is willing to testify that the Socs were drunk that night and that Johnny acted only in self-defense. That Cherry Valance is acting as a spy for the greasers shocks Ponyboy and Johnny, but then they learn that Bob, the dead Soc, had been her boyfriend. Who is spying on the SOCS for the greasers? It comes from late 1800’s United States university student slang, which also included the term cheese, which meant “ignorant, stupid person.” Definitions of cheesy. What being cheesy means?Ĭheesy is a great informal way to talk about shoddy or slightly unpleasant things. The allusion to literature is fitting both as teen slang and as a literary allusion. Either way, it implies being very happy about something and most likely at someone else’s expense. The term “Chessy cat” is an American amalgamation of the term based on the popular children’s book. When Johnny is beaten by a gang of Socs, the Greasers find him and are stunned at how bad he looks. Dally looks sick because he has just seen that Johnny, the one person he cares about in the whole world, has taken a horrible beating.
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