Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The state or condition of being scruffy; untidiness.
Examples
“A failure by schools to insist on proper standards of neatness in uniform - not an impossible task, it is done in every workplace - has led to a culture of scruffiness, which is usually accompanied by low academic results.”
“Prepare yourself ladies, if you take your significant other, especially if he sports a de rigueur chic almost-beard, to C&A, you are giving free license to a major escalation in general scruffiness.”
“His scruffiness added to his allure – my Dad used to maintain he would roll around in the goal area before kick-off, purely so he could attain an appropriate level of physical shabbiness.”
The Guardian: Wigan Athletic 0 Manchester City 1 | minute-by-minute report
“A whole page on the scruffiness despite recent haircutof Boris Johnson, Conservative party candidate for Mayor of London, was sadly not an April Fool, though shows one the depths to which the Times has sunk.”
“Also its great when your scruffy and women seem to enjoy rubbing themselves on your scruffiness.”
“The low-lit corridors beyond have little of the scruffiness and bustle you often find at charities.”
“This year there will be no scruffiness or rough edges permitted in the green grid that is my quarter-acre.”
The Washington Post: On this Earth Day, a question: Take care of the garden or let it grow wild?
“I'm thinking of Jonathan Franzen and his artfully-arranged scruffiness on the cover of a recent issue of Time.”
The Huffington Post: Melanie Benjamin: How to Dress an Author
“He used to be head of operations for Caprice Holdings, and the fact that this is a well-run, bang-on-trend restaurant is what you'd expect; the slight scruffiness is as carefully judged as designer stubble.”
“I know that I have a tendency to scruffiness, but I do try if I'm 'on duty' as I was today - but to accuse me, in my best suit, of looking like a bus driver hurt.”
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How very mikeropological..
Basically it's just mikeropology's words, but with his username turned into an adjectivally splendid list name.
mikeropology, squoze, anthropromorphism, mullu, spondylus, goobers, hipster, burnt umber, ochre, canvas, lapizure, burnt sienna and 172 more...
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