draggy
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]draggy (comparative draggier, superlative draggiest)
- (informal) Moving or developing very slowly; tending to drag on; dull.
- 1989 April 15, Eileen Bolinsky, Wendy Bennet-Alder, “I'm Slowly Getting To The Anger”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
- About two years ago I had been feeling tired and draggy for about six months. I went to find out what was going on. They told me I had Epstein-Barr.
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- It seemed to Chip that Julia was leaving him because "The Academy Purple" had too many breast references and a draggy opening, […]
- 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The Who start off ramshackle, draggy even. They pick up while on a run of Tommy songs; by Amazing Journey they sound much more like the fizzing fathers of freak-beat.
- (informal) Typified by, or characteristic of, drag (women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment).
- The performer strode onto the stage wearing a glittery, draggy outfit.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]draggy (plural draggies)
- (rare) diminutive of dragon.
- 1999 September 21, Fulgore, quoting Karenji, “The Dragon's Quest”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):
- > Once there was a dragon […] > Thank you everyone, for making this little draggy feel right at home.
- 2014, Kjartan Poskitt, Borgon the Axeboy and the Dangerous Breakfast, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:
- ‘[…] He is just SO cute, aren’t you, my little baby draggy yum yums?’ / ‘Baby draggy yum yums?’ repeated Borgon. ‘Look what he did to my axe!’
- 2014, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Son of No One, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN:
- The blood drained from his face as he turned to see the dragon crouched low, watching them. “Nice, draggy, draggy,” Josette breathed in a singsongy tone.