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Friday, March 16, 2007

Word of the Day

gnarly
Pronunciation:
\när-lē\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): gnarl·i·er; gnarl·i·est
Date: 1773

1) gnarled 2) slang a: difficult, hairy (skidded around gnarly hairpin turns — Austin Murphy) b: bad, nasty (has some pretty gnarly karma coming — Drew Barrymore) c: cool, good

As in "My nails are so gnarly I need a mani/pedi ASAP!" as quoted by Lola Granola :)