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grunge

[gruhnj]

noun Slang.

dirt; filth; rubbish.

something of inferior quality; trash: He didn't know good music from grunge.

a person who works hard, usually for meager rewards; grind.

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

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grunge (ɡrʌndʒ)

—n
1.	slang (US) 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

[C20: possibly a coinage imitating grime + sludge]

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Main Entry:	grunge
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See grunge music

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Slang Dictionary

grunge definition

[grəndʒ] and [grəntʃ]
and grunch

n.
any nasty substance; dirt; gunk. : There's some gritty grunge on the kitchen floor.
n.
an ugly or nasty person; a repellent person. : Some grunch came by and dropped off this strange package for you.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

grunge definition

/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.

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