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tough can be used for cool/hard
tough by anonymous August 15, 2024
Rex is tough. Even though he might not think so.
Tough by Rocketman_13 August 18, 2024

tough crack to nut 

an extremely attractive woman that no guy can score with
“Yeah, she’s as hot as a firecracker but you’d better forget it, pal. That’s a tough crack to nut.”

tough language 

Profanity-laced, colorful metaphors describing those kinds of people and places. You know the ones.
The President used tough language to describe the people and countries that are keeping America from becoming great again. You know the ones.
tough language by Bogrimm January 17, 2018

tough scene 

Term popularized by sportstalkjoe and his followers on Twitter, used to describe something that is particularly unpleasant, hard to watch, or difficult to deal with.
Me: “Hey SportsTalkJoe, find a job yet?”
SportsTalkJoe: “Nope, too busy injecting marijuana into my ass”
Me: “Tough Scene”
tough scene by michaeljordanGOAT December 15, 2018

Tough nuggets

An obnoxious phrase used by old farts to dismiss someone's misery.

The origins of this phrase are unclear, but it is said that a group of old anarchists from New Jersey took it from James Joyce's "Ulysses"

" roguewords, tough nuggets patter in their pockets." from "Ulysses (Chap. 3 - Proteus)"
Mitch: How are you handling this weather, Lindsey?

Lindsay: Not good, I'm from San Diego.

Mitch: Well, tough nuggets to you, kiddo.
Tough nuggets by DavidHarveyRules January 23, 2014