jive turkey
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- noun
- /ˈdʒaɪv ˈtɜrki/
- Offensive
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farsante
- What'd you do that for, you jive turkey?
Examples
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It ain't cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving.
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You just call me a jive turkey?
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Rob, are you some kind of jive turkey?
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- Prepare to receive good news, jive turkey!
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I'm calling you a jive turkey.
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Come on, you jive turkeys.
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Who's the jive turkey now?
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Don't listen to that guy; he's just a jive turkey who talks a lot without saying anything meaningful.
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She realized he was a jive turkey when he made up stories to impress his friends.
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At the party, he came off as a total jive turkey with his fake stories about wealth and success.
Synonyms
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A vain, talkative person who likes to show off
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An annoying person who acts important and is not honest
Antonyms
How Sincere
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- Offensive
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal constituents 'jive' (deceptive or insincere talk) and 'turkey' (a foolish person) combine to suggest a 'deceptive/fake fool', so a learner who knows those senses can roughly infer the meaning. However, this is a slang, culturally marked collocation with pragmatic nuances (insincerity, pretentiousness) that are not fully predictable from the parts, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Jive turkey comes from old American jazz slang where jive meant fake or showy talk and turkey meant a silly or useless person. So calling someone a jive turkey paints the picture of a person full of empty talk and explains why it means 'an insincere or dishonest person'.