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Portmanteau word combining grim and dismal.
Refers to something especially a performance so poor as to give no hope for future improvement.
"What did you think of the team tonight Harry?".
"Grismal mate, fucking grismal".
grismal by Eschatonic March 18, 2010
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the intersection of grim and dismal, like, for example, most jobs (with "e.g. working for walmart" being the best example for people who don't work to imagine what working might be like). other examples would be english cuisine, waterboarding (for the waterboardee), all of the circles of hell, also purgatory etc., a tea party with actual tea party members, going ice fishing with the cable guy, etc. etc. most people lead lives that are both dismal and grim, so this shouldn't be a hard idea for most of you to imagine.
"so, you clean the inside of sewage tanks for a living, what's that like?"
"generally i'm a postive person and i don't like to sound self pitying or negative, but, in a word, pretty grismal"
grismal by RRobertson December 9, 2013
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Adj. What the weather can be described as when it is cold, cloudy, rainy, and gray. A conjunction of gray and dismal.
"Let's go for a bike ride!"

"I dunno, lookin' kinda grismal out there."
grismal by JMKS September 22, 2006
A combination of grim and abysmal. Something so bad that more than one word is needed
Delayed flights, grotty accommodation, bad weather and relentless bugs turned the vacation into a truly grismal experience
grismal by crs-w November 1, 2016
(1) When the skies are grey, and there's that annoying rain which feels like spittle on your face. You feel like a fool for having an umbrella up because it isn't helping.

(2) When a situation is really bumming you out.
Grim + dismal = grismal.
Guy 1: Put your umbrella away, dude, it won't help you. It's grismal out there.

Guy 2: Great. I'll need windshield wipers for my glasses.
grismal by kittydoodle June 4, 2009

Griswald 

A small pressure-triggered grenade, about the size of an AA battery. Can be hidden in foods like bread or soft fruits, which is why you NEVER eat in hostile territory.
Neil foolishly bit into the apple the shady stranger gave him, and a small explosion blew off the bottom of his face. A griswald was hidden in the apple.
Griswald by JAYN3 C0BB May 31, 2010

Grisdale 

That Grisdale is wife and full happines in life material
Grisdale by Thefakeswele January 13, 2021
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1. Meaning nasty, sexy, filthy. Popularized by Christina Aguilera.

2. Used usally as a close friend in hip-hop slang.
1. Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty

2. Sup Dirrty? Haven't seen you in a while.
dirrty by Minty November 30, 2003
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Coyote Ugly

1. Place

The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

2. Movie

A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

3. Situation/Person/Decision

See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly you'd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.
1. Yo, Coyote Ugly is my favorite bar! I got whipped, stripped, drunk, and danced on the bar all before 7 o'clock!

2. Hey did you see Coyote Ugly? It actually has a plot!

3. Ugg I woke up to Coyote Ugly this morning!
Coyote Ugly by jerseycountry March 8, 2009
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