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Swayze

adjective
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Slang: dead, or gone for good.
""That old laptop is completely swayze," he said, tossing it in the bin."
"Once the deadline passed, our chances of winning the bid were swayze."

How to Use Swayze

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishInternet slang for something that has died or is completely finished, as a nod to the film Ghost.

When to use it

Informal internet slang, not standard usage — don't use it in formal writing.

Word Forms

Swayzes plural

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Etymology

A playful slang coinage referencing actor Patrick Swayze, who played a ghost in the 1990 film Ghost — "gone to the other side."

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