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noun
1.
the essential substance or details of a matter; basics; crux: Let's skip the chitchat and get down to the nitty-gritty.
adjective
2.
fundamental, detailed, or probing: nitty-gritty questions.
3.
direct and practical: nitty-gritty advice; a nitty-gritty system.
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Nitty gritty
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; rhyming compound of uncertain origin
1960–65, Americanism; rhyming compound of uncertain origin
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nitty-gritty
"basic facts," 1961, knitty-gritty, Amer.Eng., said to have been chiefly used by black jazz musicians, perhaps ult. from nit and grits "finely ground corn."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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nitty-gritty definition[ˈnɪdi ˈgrɪdi]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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