grody
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
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹoʊdi/
- Rhymes: -əʊdi
Adjective
grody (comparative grodier, superlative grodiest)
- (US, informal) Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
- 1982, Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa (lyrics and music), “Valley Girl”, in Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch:
- And the lady, like, goes / "Oh, my god, your toenails are, like, so grody" / […] / It’s like grody / Grody to the max / […] / Gross!
- 2002 October 31, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #48: ghosts”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman):
- Oh wait. It's just grody and rotten. The Cheat, will you please freaking clean up after yourself?
- I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “grody”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔ.dɨ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔdɨ
- Syllabification: gro‧dy
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