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1: A classic piece of literature by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
2: A literary torture device made for tenth grade students
1: Andy: “I really like ‘The Great Gatsby!’ It’s one of my favorite books!”
2: Jake: Did you read the chapters for “The Great Gatsby” last night?
Enno: Yeah, why?
Jake: Could I have answers to the questions? Reading that book is torture…
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
(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
A superficial or hurried method of cleaning a space by hiding clutter in closets, under furniture, or out of sight in order to give the appearance of tidiness—typically done to impress guests or visitors. Inspired by the extravagant yet carefully staged appearances in The Great Gatsby
I didn’t have time to deep clean before the dinner party, so I just did a Gatsby Clean—shoved the laundry in the closet and wiped down the counters.
Publicly posting on social media something secretly meant for one person specifically in hopes to for them to interact with it. In the same vein that Jay Gatsby threw extravagant parties in hopes to attract one person.
“I wonder who Todd has a crush on he’s Great Gatsbying on his story again”
When you post something on a social media site, with the only intention, that your crush will notice and like it.
Stop Gatsby-ing so much! You only put that pic on Instagram, because you hoped your crush would see it!
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