grody

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English

Alternative forms

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,[1] 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".

Pronunciation

Adjective

grody (comparative grodier, superlative grodiest)

  1. (US, informal) Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
    I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.

References

  1. ^ 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

  1. nominative/accusative plural of grod

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔ.dɘ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔdɘ
  • Syllabification: gro‧dy

Noun

grody m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gród