jellybean
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛliˌbin/
- Offensive
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blandengue
- Don't be a jellybean.
Examples
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Well, they weren't jellybeans, okay?
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Thank you, uh, jellybean.
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- Bill's a jellybean junkie.
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A streetscape of 1982 looks far more similar to one of 1972 than it does to 1992, and this is thanks to the jellybean.
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Maybe just too tired of this "jellybean" styling... it seems to me that a mid-to-late 1980s Olds/Buick/Caddie door handle has more style in it than the Audi/Taurus as a whole.
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No, guys, really... flushing down the toilet all the heritage that made an American car an American car really was a kamikaze move in the long term... to me, this car is the turning point when US cars just stopped being relevant, interesting, or even just amusing... that chromeless, jellybean style... late '80s cars were just
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He always lets others make decisions for him; he's such a jellybean.
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When it comes to negotiations, don't be a jellybean and stand up for what you believe.
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Although he has good ideas, his inability to express them makes him seem like a jellybean.
Synonyms
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A person or thing of little importance
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A man who is ordinary and not very smart
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9.9
A person who is new or unimportant and used as an insult
Not very important or powerful
Antonyms
How Important
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jellybean also came to mean a person who is weak or unimportant. Like the candy, they may seem 'sweet' but lack real strength or value, so calling someone a jellybean is to say they are not taken seriously.