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Pulling a Gatsby

(Verb) to befriend someone just to get closer to your crush.
John hung out with Katie this morning just so he could talk to his crush, Jaime. He was accused of pulling a gatsby
by Skrrtskrtt May 20, 2017
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gatsby posting

Posting Instagram stories for the sake of reaching *one* specific person by publishing to hundreds of people,
like the Great Gatsby throwing lavish parties hoping daisy buchanan might stop by
i put out a gatsby post so she would slide into my DMs but she didn't even see the story

marina's gatsby posting so much recently, who's she trying to impress

teresa's gatsby post about gatsby posting didn't really get her the results she wanted
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Gatsby

Someone who is charismatic but is friends with no one.

These type of people seem to be able to charm themselves out of everything, and attract everyone, will joke around, laugh, and leave as soon as they lose interest.

No amount of time you spend with a gatsby will the person ever consider you a friend.
look at how popular that guy is, he's so talkative that he's befriending eveyone.

Don't let that fool you, he's a Gatsby, none of those people will be his friend at the end of day.
by Rahrsh7 November 16, 2023
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Gatsby Story

When you make a private story just so one person will see it and reply to you
I made a Gatsby Story to get Niamh to reply to me
by OnisionSpeaksLordOfCucks November 9, 2020
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Gatsby

A beast dog who likes to eat crocodiles what a beast
Look that crocodile is being Eaton by a gatsby
by Adamulla water needer October 27, 2020
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the great gatsby

“hey, old sport!” -jay gatsby, every page in the great gatsby
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Gatsby

When you put out a specific social media post in the hopes of gaining the attention of one specific person. Similar to how Gatsby threw parties every weekend just in hopes of gaining Daisy's attention.

This post can be a thirst trap or a memory or something targeted just to get that specific person's attention.

After posting the Gatsby, the poster will then obsessively check to see if the person they had in mind has viewed/liked the snap/story/post
Calvin put up a Gatsby on his snap to get Jana's attention
by madddperson March 29, 2021
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