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I know a guy 

When you know how to personally contact an expert in a particular field--especially when the subject is unusual, strangely specific, or illegal. Often used when you do not want to reveal the identity of the contact or how you came to make the acquaintance of such a person.
Co-worker: "The boss said a hooker took off with the USB flash drive with all our vital code stuck up her vagina. How are we going to find her and get it back?"

You (not wanting to talk about how you did IT for a pimp/gynecologist who owes you a favor): "I know a guy."
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I Know A Guy 

1. A phrase to use as an excuse when you would rather not explain how you acquired something.

2. A phrase to calm your friend down after he/she has done something wrong and is looking for some help.
1. Jimmy: Dude, where did you get that gallon of PCP?

John: I know a guy.

2. Jenny: Oh my god, I'm pregnant! What the fuck am I gonna do?!?!

Jillian: Chill out, I know a guy.
I Know A Guy by furrymonkey March 2, 2010

"A Guy I Know" Zone 

The only thing worse than Friend zone, it is a state in which a man is so irrelevant in a woman's life that he can't be considered a "friend".
Guy1: I saw you talking to Stacy, you two hooking up?
Guy2: Nah man, she hit me with the "A guy I know" Zone.

Hey guys, It's me tyler here with esmeralda I adopted her-" "NO I DONT" "I adopted her from mexico She doesn't know english yet" "SHH" "I donated to charity too, I'm really a good guy" "esmeralda calm down, Ok? we'll get some tacos soon 

A phrase made by Tyler The Creator. A celebritiy and rapper. He made this phrase up with kelly clancy's daughter chloe. This is just an inside joke!
Hey guys, It's me tyler here with esmeralda I adopted her-" "NO I DONT" "I adopted her from mexico She doesn't know english yet" "SHH" "I donated to charity too, I'm really a good guy" "esmeralda calm down, Ok? we'll get some tacos soon
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
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