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grungy, a. slang (chiefly N. Amer.).|ˈgrʌndʒɪ|
[App. arbitrary formation, after grubby, dingy, etc.: cf. prec. and gungy a.]
Grimy, dirty; hence, of poor quality, unappealing; unpleasant, bad; untidy.
1965N.Y. Times 15 Jan. 41/2 Liquor flows freely, jokes are the ‘grungiest’, fun and games abound. 1968–70Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) III–IV. 62 Grungy, bad, dirty, ugly, (like ugly day).—College students, both sexes, Minnesota. 1970Washington Post 30 Sept. b14/1 The shopping center may be new, but the store will have the same grungy merchandise. 1974A. Lurie War between Tates (1977) i. 31 She wouldn't admit she was pissed at being turned out of Her Own Living-Room, and how grungy we left the kitchen. 1976New Yorker 8 Mar. 58/1 Some of the grungy details he adds are good. 1983Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 30 Oct. 57/2 In 1973, 47th Street Photo moved one block east to its current location, a grungy walk-up at 67 West 47th Street. 1985Dirt Bike Mar. 19/3, I would like to know who made those blasted white pants so popular—mine are splattered with oil specks and other grungy stains.
Hence ˈgrunginess, the quality or state of being grimy, unpleasant, or ‘grungy’.
1978Fanfare (Toronto) 31 May 3 The Inheritance, with its emphasis on the grunginess of human nature..was probably seen as somewhat scandalous in Catholic Italy. 1986New Yorker 27 Jan. 86/2 Harry Dean Stanton has the right tequila-swigging grunginess (except for his sparkling-white teeth).
▸ Of, designating, or characteristic of grunge music or its performers or followers; of or characteristic of the grunge subculture.
1971L. Bangs in G. Marcus Psychotic Reactions (1987) 55 Churning out rock 'n' roll that thundered right back to the very first grungy chords and straight ahead to the fuzztone subways of the future. 1987St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. d3 A snotty, grungy garage band..renowned for its raw sound and the sheer unpredictability of its shows. 1989New Musical Express 25 Feb. 4 Grungy Stooges-influenced rockers. 1993Time Off (Brisbane) 21 Apr. 15/3 They are loud, distorted, grungy and original and obviously well into enjoying what they play. 2001Evening Tel. (Coventry) (Electronic ed.) 31 Mar. The magazine wanted us to give them a more grungy, edgy look. |