different between grody vs goody

English

Alternative forms

• groady

Etymology

From groady, from groaty (intervocalic /t/ and /d/ are similar in American English), clipping of grotesque +? -y. Compare British grotty, of same origin, and American gross, gro.

Popularized by Moon Unit Zappa in song “Valley Girl” (1982) in phrase “grody to the max”, as archetypal Southern California Valleyspeak; song also popularized “gag me with a spoon”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???o?di/
• Rhymes: -??di

Adjective

grody (comparative grodier, superlative grodiest)

1. (US, informal) nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.

   I wouldn't set foot in that bar; the floor looks grody.

   • 1982, Frank Zappa, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, “Valley Girl” (1982), Moon Unit Zappa speaking:

     And the lady, like, goes

     “Oh, my god, your toenails are, like, so grody”

     …

     It’s like grody

     Grody to the max

     …

     Gross!

Related terms

• groty
• grotty
• gro

References

Anagrams

• Gordy

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r?d?/

Noun

grody

1. nominative/accusative plural of grod

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r?.d?/

Noun

grody m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gród

English

Etymology

good +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Interjection

goody

1. (informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

Noun

goody (plural goodies)

1. (informal) A small amount of something good to eat.
2. (informal) Any small, usually free, item.
3. (Ireland) Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
4. (obsolete) goodwife, a 17th-century puritan honorific.
5. (informal) Alternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”)
6. An American fish, the lafayette or spot.

Translations

Adjective

goody (comparative more goody, superlative most goody)

1. Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”)

Anagrams

• Godoy