1. a very masculine (and generally young) male person: a guy who is very strong, handsome, buff and/or atheletic: a handsome young jock
2. a boy or young man, not necessarily atheletic, who is quite academic in school: a very studious young fellow (altered after 'studious')
The football star was a total stud and got all the nice young ladies after the game. The stud always got A's in math.
NOTE: conventionally, this term only applied to males when it became in vogue in the 1970's among American youth culture. It never really should be applied to females.
1. a remarkable or unique American person or thing or a person or thing patently American
2. sarcastically, an American person patently or annoyingly ordinary or typical as in the phrase "You're an American original."
John Wayne, blue jeans, baseball and Harley-Davidson motorcycles are American originals.
Vera was annoyed at Tom for chauvinistically criticising her as she was driving the car while riding the brake pedal. She said to Tom, "Boy, you're an American original."
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