old sport (vecchio mio)
Last night i watched a very beautifil movie: the great Gatsy. I tried to watch it in original language and i would like to know what "old sport" mean. In Italy we say "vecchio mio" (my old). Thank you
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Yana is right : it's an old-fashioned expression. Nobody uses it seriously any more, either in the USA or Britain. Gatsby used it all the time in an effort to sound 'posh'.
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It means "old friend" and it is not used now (it`s archaic expression)
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