Dagginess

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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