grody

• groady

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".

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹoʊdi/
• Rhymes: -əʊdi

grody (comparative grodier, superlative grodiest)

1. (US, informal) Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.

   I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.

   • 1982, Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa, “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^[1], spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman):

     Oh wait. It's just grody and rotten. The Cheat, will you please freaking clean up after yourself?

• grotty
• gro

• Gordy

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔdɨ/

grody

1. nominative/accusative plural of grod

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔ.dɘ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔdɘ
• Syllabification: gro‧dy

grody m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gród