Citations:cray

English citations of cray

Adjective: "(slang) crazy"

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• 2010, Cory Giger, "NFL commish slaps Steelers in face with weak punishment of Seymour", The Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania), 23 November 2010:

  That small of a fine for that kind of blatant disregard is cray.

• 2012, Lauren Tousignant, "Angry generations of Americans needs appropriate outlet to air frustrations", The Daily Orange (Syracuse University), 1 February 2012, page 5:

  Sh*t's gone cray. You could spark a violent debate between Republicans and Democrats simply questioning the color of dirt.

• 2012, Halle Keller, "'Jersey Shore' Recap: What Happened to Smoosh Bed?", Rolling Stone, 2 March 2012:

  The episode ends right before The Big Reveal, but if you aren’t sure how this discussion is going to play out next week, just remember this: last night the Situation tipped a delivery boy . . . with a protein pack. Like it was money. That a person might use. Yeah, shit’s gonna get cray.

• 2012, Glenn Gamboa, "Wanna knock Kanye West in the head?", Newsday, 14 March 2012:

  It's a simple concept and an even simpler game, but it is pretty addictive, just like the song that spawned it and plays in the background to remind you how memorable that hook really is. That is cray!

• 2012, "Statusphere", Status, August 2012, page 15:

  If there's one thing we got from this line of caps, it's the MOTIVATION to go cray on prints and patterns.

• 2012, "Sharm x Savoy + Kiss = Happy RWD", Fazer, Issue 127, September 2012, page 80:

  Before his set, RWD somehow found time to back a quick vodka shot in the Ice Bar downstairs - yes we're aware an ice bar in the desert is cray.

• 2012, Kristan Mensch, "Student Angry at Vending Machine", The Communicator (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne), Volume 43, Issue 6, 26 September 2012, page 14:

  “I was listening to classical music on my ridiculously expensive device at the moment, and the glass broke right at the peak of the song. So, that was pretty cool, but that girl is cray.”

• 2013, Dani Kellner, "20 Things Your Ten Year Old Self Could Do at Cornell", Slope, Spring 2013, page 18:

  Also, make sure you look both ways first, because the traffic is cray.

• 2013, Mandy Crispin, "Discovery Children's Museum", The Zappos Employee Newsletter, Issue 13, April 2013, page 30:

  I'm notoriously cheap, so seeing that number is a bit off-putting at first, but consider the potential. That covers a visit every month for one person, and on each visit admission is free for the five other accompanying guests! Now that's cray!

• 2013, Vanity Kills, "Grayscale", Auxiliary Magazine, April/May 2013, page 12:

  Second, we've simply gone cray for metallic gray!