grody
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From groady, from groaty (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English), clipping of grotesque + -y. Compare British grotty, of same origin,[1] and American gross, 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”.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grody (comparative grodier, superlative grodiest)
- (US) nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
- I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.
- 1982, Frank Zappa, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, “Valley Girl” (1982), Moon Unit Zappa speaking:
- And the lady, like, goes
- “Oh, my god, your toenails are, like, so grody”
- …
- It’s like grody
- Grody to the max
- …
- Gross!
Related terms
References
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “grody”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
grody
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
grody m inan
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