1. To use content on the web without permission, then request payment from original author for rewrites and editing.

2. To remain ignorant of plagiarism, ethics, copyright, and asshat behavior.

Etymology: From Cook's Source editor Judith Griggs' use of writer Monica's article from GodeCookery without attribution or permission, and from Griggs' subsequent rejection and ridicule of Monica's request for compensation.
Example of usage: "Why'd you get an F on that essay?" "I griggs'd the professor's doctoral thesis from her website, and I even cleaned it up for her, but she failed me anyway."

Alternate usage: "For tomorrow's deadline, I'm going to griggs some article from LiveJournal but edit it to remove the humor and interestingness.
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Person#2: Thats fucking griggs
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(griggs -ed -ing) verb

1. A rodent of unusually large size.

2. narcing on someone in an advantageous position.

3. not washing ones hands after using the bathroom, despite how dirty they may be. including having fecal matter on them.

4. dirtying community food, such as a bag of chips by licking your fingers and rummaging around contaminating the rest of the bag.

5. discreetly attempting to hide the fact of farting/sharting/crapping yourself in public, and acting like nothing happened, regardless of the smell.
1. Dude, check out the size of that rat. it's a total griggs.

2. Man 1: late to work, but lucky for me I got here before the boss.
Man 2: I'm totally griggsing you.

3. You have some crap on your hands, go wash them and stop being such a griggs.

4. Man 1: You just griggsed my doritos, you jerk!
Man 2: it wasn't intentional!

5. Man 1: You just griggsed your pants, didn't you? it reeks!
Man 2: you can't prove anything.
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To rip someone off and then add insult to injury by charging them money or following with an egregious insult, a la Cook's Source magazine editor Judith Griggs when she plagiarized an article written by Monica Gaudio. When Gaudio contacted Griggs to straighten things out and ask that Judith make a small contribution to a journalism school to make things right, Griggs told her that her article wasn't very good in the first place and that if anything, Gaudio should be paying HER for the editing work she did on her piece.
It was bad enough when he mugged me and stole my purse, but did he have to Griggs me by calling me fat and suing me for fighting back?
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1. One who co-opts online content in the belief that any online content is public domain, free for the taking.

2. One who collects advertising revenue or litigates based on claims that another's work is their own.

3. An individual who plagiarizes wholesale, and derides original content as worthless and/or inferior.

4. One who doesn't understand copyright or licensing,

and engages in provocative speech and gestures to defend their position.
Once upon a time, an ant worked had all summer storing food.

Then one day a Griggs came along, claimed the food
was all theirs, and lived all winter on it.
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Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): griggs'd

Pronunciation: gr\ i \gz

1. To use content on the web without permission, then request payment from original author for rewrites and editing.

2. To remain ignorant of plagiarism, ethics, copyright, and asshat behavior.

Etymology: From Cook's Source editor Judith Griggs' use of Monica's article from GodeCookery without attribution or permission, and from Griggs' subsequent rejection and ridicule of Monica's request for compensation.
"Why'd you get an F on that essay?" "I griggs'd the professor's doctoral thesis from her website, and I even cleaned it up for her and told her she should give me an A, but she failed me anyway."

Alternate usage: "For tomorrow's deadline, I'm going to griggs some article from LiveJournal but edit it to remove the humor and interestingness.
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