grunge

[ gruhnj ]

/ grʌndʒ /

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noun Slang.

dirt; filth; rubbish.

something of inferior quality; trash: He didn't know good music from grunge.

a person who works hard, usually for meager rewards; grind.

a style or fashion derived from a movement in rock music: in fashion characterized by unkempt clothing and in music by aggressive, nihilistic songs.

Nearby words

grumpy, grundies, grundy, grundy, felix, grundyism, grunge, grungy, grunion, grunitsky, grunt, grunt work

Origin of grunge

1960–65; expressive coinage, perhaps reflecting grime and sludge; sense “grind” perhaps by association with drudge

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Examples from the Web for grunge

Grunge makes sense if you're a sad, self-righteous teenager.
Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th Anniversary|Andrew Romano|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seriously—go raid your dusty CaseLogic archives and listen to a bunch of early, non-Nirvana grunge CDs sometime.
Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th Anniversary|Andrew Romano|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The fascinating tragedy of Flappy Bird might go down in history as a defining “grunge moment” for videogames.
Addiction & Fame: How Flappy Bird is the App Store’s Grunge Moment|Leigh Alexander|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was the grunge trend, of course, and the mainstreaming of hip-hop gear.
Finally! ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Is Hollywood’s First 1990s Period Piece|Andrew Romano|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Looking back, I feel like there was something really magical about that whole period: Generation X, Grunge, slackers.
Winona Ryder Dishes on ‘Homefront,’ ‘Beetlejuice 2,’ and Generation X|Andrew Romano|November 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for grunge

grunge

/ (ɡrʌndʒ) /

noun

US slang dirt or rubbish

a style of rock music originating in the US in the late 1980s, featuring a distorted guitar sound

a deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style

Word Origin for grunge

C20: possibly a coinage imitating grime + sludge

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grunge

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