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grunge noun [ ɡrʌn(d)ʒ ]

• grime; dirt.
• a style of rock music characterized by a raucous guitar sound and lazy vocal delivery.
Origin: 1960s (as a general term of disparagement): back-formation from grungy, perhaps suggested by grubby and dingy.


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