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grunge U.S. slang.|grʌndʒ|
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A general term of disparagement for someone or something that is repugnant or odious, unpleasant, or dull; also, dirt, grime. Also attrib.
1965N.Y. Times 27 Dec. 20/7 A difficult date is an ‘octopus’, a dull one a ‘grunge’ and an untidy one a ‘dip’ or a ‘spook’. 1967Wentworth & Flexner's Dict. Amer. Slang Suppl. 688/1 Grunge, grunch, n., a dull or boring person. 1968–70Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) III–IV. 62 Grunge, a bad, unpleasant thing, especially food.—University of Kentucky. 1973New Yorker 19 Nov. 234/2 Your average American rock-and-roll fan can stand the Dolls' brand of high-strung urban grunge only if it comes from somewhere besides New York—preferably England. 1977Amer. Speech 1975 L. 60 Grunge, filthy substance. ‘There's grunge in the bottom of my Dr. Pepper bottle!’ 1983Computerworld 18 July 6/3 In the programming stage, Telon saved ‘a lot of the ‘grunge’ work of writing call programs for IMS/DC’, Serovy explained. 1986Washington Post 19 Jan. d4/2 Most bands would fall headlong into cliché when dishing out the sort of overdriven guitar grunge served up in ‘Don't You Go Walking’.
▸ B. adj. Of, designating, or characteristic of grunge (the music), its performers or followers, or (in later use) the associated subculture.
1972L. Bangs in Creem Oct. 65/3 What do they sound like? Great! Grunge noise and mystikal studio abstractions. 1987Q Oct. 56/2 A veteran traveller in the demilitarized zone between white blues and grunge rock. 1991Vanity Fair Sept. 230 Are Courtney Love, lead diva of the postpunk band Hole, and her husband Nirvana hearthrob Kurt Cobain, the grunge John and Yoko? 1992Guardian 22 Aug. 7/5 There is grunge metal, fashionable thanks to bands like Nirvana whose dirty guitar sound is more melodic and slower than traditional rock. 1994BBC Holidays Oct. (Ski Holidays 95 Suppl.) 35/3 The snowboard look, led by specialists like O'Neill and Bad Boys, is distinctly grunge, with oversized shapeless jackets and lots of details in tough fabrics like Cordura. 1996China Post (Taipei) 14 June 10/4 With a musical style that is characterized by grinding grunge guitars, short explosive solos, fat bass lines, pounding snares and emotional lyrics, Rage Against the Machine tend to dance between standard musical classification. 200014th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 30 Mar.–13 Apr. 14/3 Straight-laced Ted,..sex-tease Alex, and grunge girl Rachel.
▸ A. n. a. A style of rock music characterized by a raucous, often discordant guitar sound, lazy vocal delivery, and downbeat, freq. nihilistic lyrics, and (in later use) influenced by heavy metal and punk rock. Cf. earlier grungy adj.
Popularized as a generic term in the early 1990s to describe the music of a number of (esp. Seattle-based) American rock groups and the bands which were influenced by them.
1973New Yorker 19 Nov. 234/2 Your average American rock-and-roll fan can stand the Dolls' brand of high-strung urban grunge only if it comes from somewhere beside New York—preferably England. 1979Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 May 18/3 This is the latest in a long line of heavy-metal bands of the type which appeals mainly to high school aged males looking for a cartoon macho male image to identify with and the heaviest of heavy-metal grunge to be blasted by. 1986Washington Post 19 Jan. d4/2 Most bands would fall headlong into cliché when dishing out the sort of overdriven guitar grunge served up in ‘Don't You Go Walking’. 1994Rolling Stone 2 June 66/3 That was..the key to grunge: a music of black celebration rooted in the brutish white blooze of the early '70s, revved up with the chain-saw aggro of late-'70s punk. 2000S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 215/2 As few of these bands got airplay, an underground scene developed which later split into hardcore and grunge.
b. A subculture arising in the early 1990s from the popularity of grunge music; spec. a style of appearance or dress, characterized esp. by loose-fitting, layered clothes, ripped jeans, and heavy boots, which was favoured by performers and followers of the music and also briefly appropriated and imitated by the retail fashion industry.
1992Women's Wear Daily 17 Aug. (Los Angeles Aug. Suppl.) 16/1 Three hot looks—Rave, Hip Hop and Grunge—have hit the streets and stores here, each spawned by the music that's popular among the under-21 set. 1992Weekend Austral. 19–20 Dec. (Weekend Review section) 15 (heading) Under the guitar overload and junk-store fashion, Grunge is a sub-cultural phenomenon about rejection of commercialism. 1997Independent 14 Jan. ii. 9/3 Jacobs is widely regarded as the man who brought ‘waif’ dressing to prominence in 1992, when grunge was all the rage. 2000Dallas Morning News (Electronic ed.) 12 Jan. Ten years ago, designers ruled fashion, but starting with grunge, fashion started flowing from the street up.
▸ grunger n. a performer or follower of grunge music; a member of the grunge subculture.
1991St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 20 Sept. (Weekend) 3/1 The band will be joined by fellow *grungers Superchunk and Gashuffer at 8:30 p.m. 1992Vox Jan. 97/1 In their early days, Nirvana were malevolent grungers. 1999Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) (Electronic ed.) 30 Aug. All the uniforms of the day: tie-dyed earth mother, close-cropped lesbian, tiny-topped teeny-bopper, carrot-topped grunger. |