[Ads-l] jelly

[Yagoda, Ben]

Urban Dictionary posted a definition of "jelly" as jealous as early as 2006:

To be jealous of another human or creature.
"mang, you gots the new kanye cd?!....GUUUUUUURL i'm TOTALLY JELLY !"


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On Jan 16, 2017, at 7:28 AM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM<mailto:dbarnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM>> wrote:

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Nice catch, Jonathan,

Age of the character caught speaking?

Happy New Year,
David

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'Jealous.'

2017 _Sleepy Hollow_ (Fox-TV) (Jan. 13): You're just jelly because teacher
didn't give you a gold star too.

JL

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