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Tougy

A boy who’s a cheater and will use you for your body , Don’t get with an tougy
girl: tougy used me
girl #2 : me too
by I hate you🥰 November 23, 2021
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going

What this means is that when faced with difficulties and adversity, those who are mentally and physically resilient do not give up, but formulate an effective and disciplined plan of action which they initiate and carry through to a successful conclusion.
"Despite getting stuck with the fallout from Malcolm's fuck-up, Nick got everything sorted inside of a week!"
"Yeah, when the going gets tough, the tough get going."
by AKACroatalin April 3, 2015
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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.”
by goose_on_a_roof June 5, 2022
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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.
by Bogrimm January 17, 2018
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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”
by michaeljordanGOAT December 15, 2018
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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.
by DavidHarveyRules January 23, 2014
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tough shitsky

The "Prez" has just been permanently banned from Twitter. Aww! Tough shitsky! He'll get over it.
by talk2me-JCH2 January 8, 2021
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