grunge

[gruhnj] /grʌndʒ/
noun, Slang.
1.
dirt; filth; rubbish.
2.
something of inferior quality; trash:
He didn't know good music from grunge.
3.
a person who works hard, usually for meager rewards; grind.
4.
a style or fashion derived from a movement in rock music: in fashion characterized by unkempt clothing and in music by aggressive, nihilistic songs.
Origin
1960-65; expressive coinage, perhaps reflecting grime and sludge; sense “grind” perhaps by association with drudge
Examples from the web for grunge
  • But this fleece-loving city that launched the grunge music movement and a national espresso craze is no backwater.
  • The rise of grunge in the early nineties brought their party to an end, and the band gradually imploded.
  • Barber shoots it in a grunge style so flamboyant he seems to be aestheticizing sleaze.
  • It was the grunge reunion of the year, and they played all the hits.
  • Purging water of parasites, viruses, bacteria and other grunge is nothing new.
British Dictionary definitions for grunge

grunge

/ɡrʌndʒ/
noun
1.
(US, slang) dirt or rubbish
2.
a style of rock music originating in the US in the late 1980s, featuring a distorted guitar sound
3.
a deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style
Word Origin
C20: possibly a coinage imitating grime + sludge
Contemporary definitions for grunge
noun

See grunge music

Word Origin and History for grunge
n.

"sloppiness," also "untidy person," 1965, American English teen slang, probably a back-formation from grungy. The music and fashion style that originated in Seattle is attested from the early 1990s.

Slang definitions & phrases for grunge

grunge

adjective
  1. Boring (1960s+ Teenagers)
  2. grungy (1960s+ Teenagers)
noun
  1. A dull, tedious person; nerd, pill
  2. Slovenliness; sloppiness (1960s+ Teenagers)
  3. Something nasty: Those globs of guitar grunge get me off every time (1960s+ Teenagers)
  4. A style of dress featuring mismatched and rumpled garments, mostly suggesting lumberjacks, appearing to have been bought at thrift shops and donned at random, and favored by grunge rock musicians: ''Stuff We Hate'' grunge as high fashion/ Garth's wardrobe is mostly grunge (1990s+)
  5. A kind of rock music originally associated with Seattle, wa: Nirvana and Pearl Jam are two of the best grunge bands (1990s+)

grunge in Technology


/gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so.
2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code.