grody
adj/ˈɡɹoʊdi/
Etymology
From groady, apparently a clipping of grotesque + -y (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English). Compare British grotty, of the same origin, and gro. Popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in song "Valley Girl" (1982) in phrase "grody to the max", as archetypal Southern California Valleyspeak; song also popularized "gag me with a spoon".
Definitions
Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
- I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.
- And the lady, like, goes / "Oh, my god, your toenails are, like, so grody" / […] / It’s like grody / Grody to the max / […] / Gross!
- Oh wait. It's just grody and rotten. The Cheat, will you please freaking clean up after yourself?
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for grody. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA