draggy

English

Etymology 1

drag +‎ -y

Adjective

draggy (comparative draggier, superlative draggiest)

  1. (informal) Moving or developing very slowly; tending to drag on; dull.
    • 1989 April 15, Eileen Bolinsky, Wendy Bennet-Alder, “I'm Slowly Getting To The Anger”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
      About two years ago I had been feeling tired and draggy for about six months. I went to find out what was going on. They told me I had Epstein-Barr.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      It seemed to Chip that Julia was leaving him because "The Academy Purple" had too many breast references and a draggy opening, […]
    • 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian‎:
      The Who start off ramshackle, draggy even. They pick up while on a run of Tommy songs; by Amazing Journey they sound much more like the fizzing fathers of freak-beat.
  2. (informal) Typified by, or characteristic of, drag (women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment).
    The performer strode onto the stage wearing a glittery, draggy outfit.

Etymology 2

Clipping of dragon +‎ -y.

Noun

draggy (plural draggies)

  1. (rare) Diminutive of dragon.
    • 1998 November 17, softrat, “New in this ng”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet):
      >(Gets an offended look) Don't listen to him, Patricia!!!
      >
      >-Kazul
      Was I offensive, my little draggy-poo? I so sowwy.
      BTW, have you ever heard of the SciFi story called "The Game of Rat and Dragon"?
    • 1999 September 21, Fulgore, quoting Karenji, “The Dragon's Quest”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):
      > Once there was a dragon […] > Thank you everyone, for making this little draggy feel right at home.
    • 2014, Kjartan Poskitt, Borgon the Axeboy and the Dangerous Breakfast, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:
      ‘[…] He is just SO cute, aren’t you, my little baby draggy yum yums?’ / ‘Baby draggy yum yums?’ repeated Borgon. ‘Look what he did to my axe!’
    • 2014, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Son of No One, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN:
      The blood drained from his face as he turned to see the dragon crouched low, watching them. “Nice, draggy, draggy,” Josette breathed in a singsongy tone.
    • 2017, Robert Montgomery, Through the Event Horizon, Xlibris, →ISBN:
      “Here Draggy, Draggy, Draggy, where are you, you sadistic whelp” taunted Grinsfeld as he crept down the staircase into the dungeon.
    • 2020, John Rogan, Shadowcast, Lulu, →ISBN, page 126:
      Lisa backed away as the beast opened its jaws. “Good dragon. Who’s a good draggy? Queen draggy. […]”
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