Just a local idiot. A funny way to say "a moron who lives around here." He must be the stupidest son of a bitch alive! Usually used as a crude insult to describe a mean or unpleasant person, but here it's almost used as a term of pity. While in collage, Forrest finds himself involved in a world going through great social changes, as Jenny prepares to follow her dreams. Federal troops [are] enforcing a court order. Reference to the incident in 1962, when President Kennedy ordered the US army to force the authorities of Alabama to allow two black students into the University of Alabama. A judge had ordered the admission of black students, and because of resistance in the South to such orders, the President had to use army soldiers to make sure that the order was obeyed. Coons, Niggers. Very crude racist insults referring to blacks. (I think "coon" was short for the animal "raccoon.") The Commander of the National Guard and Governor Wallace. Wallace was the racist Governor of Alabama in 1962 who refused to obey the courts because he insisted the blacks must not be allowed to go to a State University with whites. The "National Guard" are soldiers under the command of individual Governors of the 50 states who are used in times of civil unrest (riots). However, in 1962, President Kennedy "nationalized" the guard so that the troops would follow his orders, and thus enforce the court order to allow blacks into the University. The University of Alabama had been desegregated. "To desegregate" is to end the legal separation that exists, in this case concerning schools. Wasn't that Gump? :::: Sure as hell was! Another "hell" expression, used to add emotion to a sentence. It was coed. Short for co-educational: An important word meaning that both males and females are present. It usually refers to a school. He didn't know any better A good way to excuse a stupid action! Forest, look at you! Come on! The most wonderful and versatile phrasal verb in the English language, signifying everything from "Be serious" to "Please." Here, meaning "let's go!" I want to be a singer like Joan Baez. A famous American folk singer who sung songs about injustice, war and other social issues. I want to reach people on a personal level. Jenny's way of saying that she wants her songs to touch people emotionally. Girls? I sit next to them in home economics class all the time. A class in high school where students learn such practical things as cooking and managing personal finances. I'm dizzy. The sensation a person gets after spinning around too fast; A confused feeling combined with a fear you may fall down. I bet that never happened in home ec. A short way to refer to home economics class. Forrest meets his first US. President, and then soon after,
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