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It guy

Date: May 14 2009

Quote

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“I was just average. I wasn’t a nerd, but I wasn’t the It guy at school.”

-High School Musical star Zac Efron, talking about his real-life high school experience. (Us Weekly)

Definition

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An It guy or It girl is someone who has a certain special quality that makes him or her extremely attractive and fascinating, especially to members of the opposite sex. But that special quality is difficult to define or explain. You can’t really describe it…It’s just…It.

A true It guys and It girls are more than just beautiful, sexy, and fun to be around. It’s almost like they have a secret power that draws people to them. They don’t even care about being popular or cool. That special “It” quality isn’t something they try to have. Whatever It is, they must just be born with it.

Zac Efron may not have been an It guy in high school, but he is an It guy now. Young girls are crazy about him and with the success of 17 Again, he is to be one of Hollywood’s hottest young actors. But in Hollywood, new It guys and It girls come along all the time. It might not be long before someone becomes even more It than Efron.

Examples

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“Brad Pitt first became an It guy in the early 90s.”

“Most It guys don’t last. They’re only hot for a short time, and then you never hear about them again.”

Winners

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	it means a guy that is the most popular guy in some place. by VOLTS
	The popular guy? by vickyzx
	maybe means very famous and special guy at school by heidi cheng
	maybe a popular person...?? by bobbie-bao
	The most popular boy in the school by Liaa
	"It guy" i think it means being the most popular guy by joaco
	i would have said that he was popular cus he hot!!!!!!!! by chazzii
	The most popular guy in the school that everyone knows by Maja_Roxy
	it guy - a person hat EVERYONE wants to be. The life and soul of smth(eg of the party) by RadistkaAnn
	someone who is popular by Gellerke