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baggy, a. and n. pl.|ˈbægɪ|
[f. bag n. + -y.]
A. adj.
1. a. Puffed or bulging out, hanging in loose folds.
1831Carlyle Life II. ix. 219 With wrinkly, even baggy, face. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. (1872) I. 22 Red, baggy trousers. 1868Lessons Mid. Age 123 A baggy cotton umbrella.
b. Comb., as baggy-eyed, baggy-trousered adjs.
1955Astounding Sci. Fiction Dec. 37 He was baggy-eyed from lack of slumber. 1958U. Bloom Abiding City viii. 144 Circuit is as dull as ditch-water, with that baggy-eyed old judge.
1928Blunden Undertones of War xv. 163 The substitute, a tall, baggy-trousered and agreeably boastful man.
2. fig. Of language: Inflated, verbose.
1866Pall Mall G. 15 Dec., The Professor's diction was verbose, and—if we may use a homely figure—baggy.
3. baggy-minnow, or simply baggie (in South of Scotland): the minnow.
1808Jamieson, Baggie, sometimes bag-mennon. 1827J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 II. 388 Some had a' the appearance o' bein' baggy menons.
B. n. pl. Baggy shorts (or trousers cut off above the knee) worn over swimming trunks by surfers; swimming trunks in this style. Also, such shorts as worn in regular use; baggy trousers. orig. Austral.
1962Australian Women's Weekly 24 Oct. (Suppl.) 3/1 Baggies, baggy pants worn over swimsuits when riding a surfboard. 1963Time 9 Aug. 49 To all, ‘baggies’ are the loose-legged boxer swim trunks worn by the boys. 1965S. Afr. Surfer I. 38 Australian surfers..come bounding down the gangplank like kangaroos with boards under their arms and baggies in their pouches. 1967Britannica Bk. of Year 802/1 Baggies, trousers (as denims or chinos) raggedly cut off for use as shorts or swim trunks. 1967Surfabout IV. 14/2 Within a year Peter Troy was the ‘gemmie king’ of the group of young local surfers, all complete with bleached hair and baggies. 1969Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 2 Feb. 20/5 The trousers ensemble of Sharyn Longton, of Corinda, stood out as top gear last night. Sharyn topped her putty baggies and white shirt with a sequined cotton bolero from Mexico. 1971Studies in English (Univ. Cape Town) Feb. 29 Brilliant is of fairly wide application, e.g., a brilliant board, a brilliant ride, a brilliant pair of baggies. 1973To Our Returned Prisoners of War (U.S. Office of Secretary of Defense) 1 Baggies, pants with cuff. Baggy. 1982Washington Post 6 June h3/2 Among the more startling revelations: the basic black bikini..; drawstring ‘baggies’, which peel away to reveal spandex ‘snuggies’, and the ‘advertiser’—swim shorts with a telephone number embroidered on the rear.
▸ A. adj. orig. and chiefly Brit. Of or designating a form of British popular music combining the guitar-based melodies of indie pop with the dance rhythms of Acid House and related genres; designating a band which plays this music.
1990Guardian 25 Oct. 26/6 In..a baggy nether world, seething with pop dross and indie bandwagon-jumpers frenziedly swapping moth-eaten cardigans for trendy hooded tops, a brave bunch of guitar heroes are flying in the face of fashion. 1992Making Music May 11/4 Take baggy bands—last year and the year before, the only kind of demos I was receiving were from baggy bands! 1997Select June 80/2 You even hear the craving for simple, neo-classical rock'n'roll pleasures—from back when Weller was unsigned, Ocean Colour Scene were still baggy and Noel was out roadying in Estonia for the Carpets. 2000Time Out 26 Jan.–2 Feb. 110/3 The Fries air the drug-addled baggy grooves of last year's excellent ‘Accept The Signal’ LP.
▸ B. n. orig. and chiefly Brit. A form of British popular music combining the guitar-based melodies of indie pop with the dance rhythms of Acid House and related genres. Also: the style and youth cult of the late 1980s and early 1990s associated with this music, characterized esp. by the wearing of loose-fitting casual clothes and the taking of recreational drugs.
1991Face Feb. 35/1 Street culture was now an all-pervasive influence and had considerable commercial clout. ‘Baggy’, ‘scally’ and ‘ordinary’ became buzz words. 1995Select Mar. 8/2 He wrote the magnificent ‘There She Goes’, but that was a hit at the tail end of baggy over four years ago. 1999Melody Maker 27 Oct. 34/3 After landing two Top 20 singles and playing to 10,000 at Manchester's G-Mex, baggy's ‘weak link’ blew Reading away with a spectacular show featuring lasers and fireworks. |