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gnarly
adjective- treacherous, challenging US
Originally surfer slang applied to waves and surf conditions, and then broadened to an all-purpose adjective. - — Gary Fairmont R. Filosa II, The Surfer’s Almanac, p. 186, 1977
- “None of those gnarly grease-burgers and NO OKI DOGS!” Duck said. — Francesca Lia Block, Weetzie Bat, p. 62, 1989
- I remember that day – gnarly fucking ass! — Break Point, 1991
- Gnarly. Synonym for hairy, scary or sick. — Jim Humes and Sean Wagstaff, Boarderlands, p. 222, 1995
- Creator of a gnarly incestual sicko freak scene read by every preteen girl I hung out with[.] — Editors of Ben is Dead, Retrohell, p. 5, 1997
- bad, disgusting US, 1978
- — Connie Eble (editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 5, Fall 1985
- FEMALE STONER IN ARMY JACKET: I heard it was really gnarly. She sucked down a bowl of multi-purpose deodorizing disinfectant then she smashed[.] — Heathers, 1988
- Don’t go soft on me now, you gnarly old fart. — Carl Hiaasen, Basket Case, p. 325, 2002
- We were so wasted we passed out. / I got that gnarly sunburn, it was so ghetto[.] — Me First and the Gimmes Gimmes, End of the Road, 2003
- excellent US, 1982
An absolute reversal of the original sense, used amongst foot-propelled scooter-riders. - And one recent visitor from Southern California reported that 14-year-olds out there ... are approving things not as boss, hot, neat, bad, or tough but – are you ready? – “gnarly.” — Washington Post, p. B3, 29 May 1979
- — Ben Sharpe, Scooter Crazy, p. 40, 2000
- That was gnarly, dude, like really bodacious. — John Nichols, The Voice of the Butterfly, p. 159, 2001
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