GRIGGSY 

A colloquial term believed to originate in Australia, this appetitive or complimentary term is commonly used in to describe:

- A slick, witty, well presented, and/or attractive person or object.

- It can also be used to describe an innovative approach to a difficult problem, where that solution requires guile, intelligence, or charm.

- An admirable deed or accomplishment.

- A thing of beauty or high value.

"I just got back from that job interview...they asked me a lot of difficult questions and I was getting flustered, but then I took a breath and pulled a griggsy, and they offered me a position on the spot!"

"Did you see that guy that talked to me at the club the other night? He was pretty griggsy, so I gave him my number and we are going out Wednesday night"

"Wow, did you see that guy catch that ball? It looked like he was going to drop it, I don't know how he did it, but he got pretty griggsy on that thing...it was awesome!"

"Isn't Jack's new car totally griggsy?!"

GRIGGSY by K9GUY June 1, 2009

griggs

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 online Cook’s Source editor Judith Griggs’ use of Monica Gaudio’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.”

griggs by plagarism-basher November 5, 2010

Griggs

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?

Griggs by latterdaylenin November 5, 2010

griggs

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.

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 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.

griggs by Is6hWYW34c November 6, 2010

griggs

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.

Aw man, I only posted my recipe the other day, but it's already been griggsed!

griggs by dontgriggsmebro November 5, 2010

griggs

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. Originally defined here:
www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/judithgriggs/

"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."

griggs by IAmBroom November 7, 2010

Griggs

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.

Griggs by damned_fool November 7, 2010