gritty

harsh, coarse, rough and unrefined, as in film depictions that portray life as it truly is, without false distortions, stylizations, or idealizations. Often, the realism is exaggerated such that the culture or society being portrayed appears more coarse than it really is.

The film "28 Days Later" is a gritty, dirt-under-your-fingernails kind of raw.

by ladysmc June 2, 2007

Gritty

the horribly terrifying new mascot of the philadelphia flyers

did youze see the new flyers mascot, gritty? pretty fuckt up

by halloweenboy October 2, 2018

gritty

A type of realism, usually invoked by films and documentary. Strangely
enough, "gritty realism" is only perceptible to media and film critics and the term is hardly ever used by anyone else. In fact no-one but film and tv critics ever use the term.

Film Critic: " X is a film depicting the gritty realism of life in the New York suburbs"

or
"the gritty realism of this documentary is in stark contrast to his other work"

by Sodslaw January 11, 2006

gritty

A middle-to-upper class term to describe the living conditions of the majority of the human populace as seen through indie movies.

The film 'x' was a gritty depiction of life on the streets of NY.

by Johnny Blank February 6, 2010

Gritty

A state of extreme drunkenness

Person 1: "I heard you had a heavy night last night..."

Person 2: "Yeah I had like a whole bottle of vodka. Shit got gritty..."

by CookieM0nster September 16, 2013

Gritty

A big orange-haired, googly-eyed doofus that is known as the Philadelphia Flyers Mascot. It looks like a fatter version of LA Dodgers 3B Justin Turner and has a face more Orange than Donald Trump. Gritty is a real shit pile. He looks like an unholy union between the Babadook and a muppet from Fraggle Rock.

Man, that Mascot for Philadelphia Gritty, is a real shit pile

by DjLogan100 September 24, 2018

Gritty

Big fluffy, sexy, orange ball of fluff. Can absolutely shit on Tom Wilson, better than the Penguins, way better than Gretzky and Lemieux. Gritty had dropped multiple 9 point games with two hat tricks per game. He took the Philadelphia Grittys a to their first cup in 2022. After that win he has won 8 out of the last 9 cups he has played in.

Bro you scored 9 points your such a Gritty

by Logan the man May 18, 2021