Dagginess
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being daggy (uncool, unfashionable). Australia, slang, uncountable
"In addition to my anxieties and obsessions about my appearance, I also suffered terribly from unrequited love. Strangely enough, despite my dagginess and poor self-esteem, I still received my fair share of attention from boys. Unfortunately, however, this attention was all from boys who didn't interest me in the slightest."
Example
More examples"In addition to my anxieties and obsessions about my appearance, I also suffered terribly from unrequited love. Strangely enough, despite my dagginess and poor self-esteem, I still received my fair share of attention from boys. Unfortunately, however, this attention was all from boys who didn't interest me in the slightest."
Etymology
From daggy (“uncool, unfashionable”) + -ness. First attested in 1985.
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