dagginess

English

Etymology

    From daggy (“uncool, unfashionable”) +‎ -ness. First attested in 1985.[1]

    Noun

    dagginess (uncountable)

    1. (Australia, slang) The quality of being daggy (uncool, unfashionable).
      • 2012, Kerri Sackville, The Little Book of Anxiety: Confessions From a Worried Life, London: The Robson Press, →ISBN, page 36:
        In addition to my anxieties and obsessions about my appearance, I also suffered terribly from unrequited love. Strangely enough, despite my dagginess and poor self-esteem, I still received my fair share of attention from boys. Unfortunately, however, this attention was all from boys who didn't interest me in the slightest.

    References

    1. ^ “dagginess, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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