that guy

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that guy

  • /ˈðæt ˈɡaɪ/

noun those guys

  1. derogatory, informal, often, in the negative The stereotypical badly-behaved or stupid person. Often in the phrases "Don't be that guy" or "I don't want to be that guy." “Nobody wants to be that guy that’s on SportsCenter that’s arrested,” Giants defensive tackle Keith Hamilton said. “I definitely don’t want to be that guy.”

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@misc{that_guy_2026,
  title = {that guy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/that%20guy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}