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granny
noun- grandmother UK,1698
- I got a jugof rotgut your granny left behind. — C. D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 389, 1993
- an old woman UK, 1699
Extended from the previous sense. - US anti-war grannies face justice[.] — www.news.bbc.co.uk, 23 July 2005
- the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US, 1929
- [A] funny term my grandmother (who is 73) uses. She calls menstruation “granny,” and it was used by the women in her family. — a contributor, The Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health, August 2001
- a bungled knot; anything that has been bungled US
- — John Gould, Maine Lingo, p. 115, 1975
- the quality of pride UK, 1851
Defined by Henry Mayhew in 1851 as “the conceit of superior knowledge”. Derives from the idiomatic phrase “teach your grandmother to suck eggs”, in which “granny” (an abbreviation of grandmother) represents anyone wiser than you. - an apple of the Granny Smith variety AUSTRALIA, 1944
- I pop in a fresh slice of granny every day and I’ve just given his swing a wipe and his mirror a bit of a lick and a promise in case he gets lonely. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 131, 1971
- — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 207, 1981
▶ the granny
life, vitality, the essence (always in the context of violent or sexually vigorous attack) UK- [Y]ou need to knock the other opponents one out by beating the granny out of him/her. — Alex Townsend, uk.games.video.dreamcast, 12 January 2001
- i was gonna say i’d bang the granny out of her — www.ush.net, 27 June 2005: “BraidGirl–The Resurrection”
- Smash the granny out of it! — nick730.livejournal.com, 22 July 2007
- I had witnessed him bashing the granny out of a man[.] — Noel “Razor” Smith, A Rusty Gun, p. 46, 2010
- You wait here like good boys and we’ll be back to beat the fucking granny out the lot of you. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 49, 1999
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