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Jan 16, 2021 16:49
3 yrs ago
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English term
grippy
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grippy
- We used to play crocodiles games when we were kids.
- Are you grippy now?
- You get more wise as you get older.
It is conversation about childhood memories.
Thanks in advance,
- Are you grippy now?
- You get more wise as you get older.
It is conversation about childhood memories.
Thanks in advance,
Responses
4 +1 | having a better grip on reality - more realistic | airmailrpl |
4 -1 | latched | Bruno Pavesi |
3 -1 | a bit rusty | Bashiqa |
3 -2 | “inclined to” | Stefania Sonis |
Responses
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5 mins
“inclined to”
Inclined to
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
philgoddard
: You've misread your reference, which says that the suffix "-y" means "inclined to".
51 mins
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disagree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: you've completely misread the dictionary entry
20 hrs
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-1
2 hrs
a bit rusty
I.e. you`re not as supple as you used to be. Like your old car, a bit rusty.
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
philgoddard
: This sounds like a guess unless you have references.
2 hrs
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No references but an educated guess, which may or may not be correct.
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disagree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: I see nothing "educated" about this guess? Nor do I see how it would fit here
17 hrs
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-1
7 hrs
latched
This is a bit of a guestimate based on the source I am attaching to my answer.
Apparently there can be two meanings, one of them being related to sickness. I saw no reason as to why that would be the meaning. Since they are talking about childhood memories, I would go with latched, as in latched on to memories.
Apparently there can be two meanings, one of them being related to sickness. I saw no reason as to why that would be the meaning. Since they are talking about childhood memories, I would go with latched, as in latched on to memories.
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: where is this coming from? I don't see that meaning mentioned anywhere?
34 mins
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neutral |
Bashiqa
: be careful with "guestimates", you might get your head chopped off.
12 hrs
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+1
1 day 17 hrs
having a better grip on reality - more realistic
grippy = having a better grip on reality - more realistic
Wiktionary
grippy(Adjective)
Tending to grip well
Wiktionary
grippy(Adjective)
Tending to grip well
Discussion
It's a shame you won't answer our questions.
But I'm confused about the two different versions too.. It's not just "grippy" that makes no sense, it's the whole thing.
Other than "grippy" meaning "good adherence/grip" or having flu symptoms (grippe is French for flu) the only other place I've heard it was on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert where it was the first word on the "Word" segment, supposed to be about the truth or "truthiness" but really fake news.
The Colbert Report - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Colbert_Report
The first word used was "Grippy", and has changed to include, among others, "Megamerican", "Lincolnish", ...
How any of these meanings fit here I don't know. We need an Aussie to tell us if it's slang from there. But no point in guesswork
Or could it be non-standard English? What country is it from?