Browsing page 1 of new words for May 11, 2002

adjective

• generally positive: interesting, fun, cool, etc.

                                                                                                                         
  
  Citation from "The Interpreter", The New Yorker, John Colapinto, April 16 2007 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002 film) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on May 20 2011. Submitted by Alan d. from Ottawa, ON, Canada on May 11 2002.

• Cheap, fifth-rate, nasty, unpleasant.

  It was a really grotty little convenience store.

  Last edited on May 11 2002. Submitted by Alan P. from Ottawa, ON, Canada on May 11 2002.

adjective

• extremely distasteful, low, twisted, monstrous. from the word 'grotesque'. use by George Harrison in the Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night."

  That pub crawl in 1998 was as grotty as anything I've ever done.

  Last edited on May 29 2008. Submitted by Harold Z. from Pleasanton, CA, USA on May 29 2008.

adjective

• unpleasant, disgusting, objectionable.

  Spilling the mayonnaise made a really yucky mess.

  • See more words with the same meaning: gross, disgusting, creepy.

  Last edited on Jun 15 2013. Submitted by Alan d. from Ottawa, ON, Canada on May 11 2002.