aggy

English

Etymology

From a clipping of aggressive, aggravating, or aggravated, combined with -y. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Do the AAVE and British uses share an origin, or did they develop separately?”).

Adjective

aggy (comparative more aggy, superlative most aggy)

(chiefly African-American Vernacular and UK slang) Aggravating; annoying, irritating, obnoxious.
- 2015 January 7, Ella Alexander, “GLAMOUR debates: Justin Bieber x Calvin Klein pics”, in Glamour UK:
  But whatever you think of Bieber, the adverts are questionable for reasons other than the singer's reputation for being an aggy teenager with an unfortunate tendency to offend and irritate.
- 2018 November 11, Leigh Sanders, “The Prodigy, Arena Birmingham – review and pictures”, in Express & Star:
  These encapsulate the trio at their modern finest, vocalist Maxim stalking mercilessly while Keith Flint plays the aggy child antagonizing everyone.
- 2016, Juannikka Callaway, My Life: My Decisions‎^[1], unnumbered page:
  “Girl asap I need to get away from Tekey. Before I spit on him he's so aggy lil jealous ass."
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:aggy.
(chiefly African-American Vernacular and UK slang) Aggravated; aggressive, angry.
- 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 191:
  I got aggie like a motherfucker.
- 2010, Andrew Rice, "The Devil Inside", XLR8R, November/December 2010, page 50:
  So he responded with two oversized hits: "Cock Back," which he calls "the aggiest gun tune ever," and "So Sure," a remarkably relaxed and tender tune […]
- 2015, Alex B Rowland, “Roxanne Farahmand”, in Re-bel Magazine‎^[2], page 50:
  I hated curriculum, I hated my tutors, I hated the people. I came to my final year and I realized like, wait... why am I getting so aggy about all this?
- 2018, Tiffany Bolado, The Legacy of Misperception‎^[3], page 102:
  Ring, ring, rin-
  "What!"
  "Nice to hear from you too, Spect. Why are you so aggy?"
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:aggy.