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  • adjective informal Somewhat goth.

Etymologies

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goth +‎ -y

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Examples

  • I quite enjoyed myself - several of the students were past/current students of mine, all were very smart, and many of them were "gothy" - dressed in all black, dyed purple hair, heavy eyeliner.

    Archive 2005-11-01 Dr. Lisa 2005

  • I quite enjoyed myself - several of the students were past/current students of mine, all were very smart, and many of them were "gothy" - dressed in all black, dyed purple hair, heavy eyeliner.

    Mathigoths Dr. Lisa 2005

  • after beeing very colorfull in the last weeks, I decided to do something more "gothy", as far as I am able to do that … lol.

    Fashion World of SL 2009

  • earlier post that I mistakenly called a skin "gothy" when it was actually quite dark and not pale at all.

    Fashion World of SL 2009

  • Echoey, ethereal singing over smeared-out gothy soundscapes.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Certainly, that's where the young band seem to be on the strength of their debut album New Brigade, a well-produced, claustrophobic and at times intimidating surge of post-punk energy, slightly gothy, but with impressive dynamics.

    This week's new live music 2011

  • SBW, where I grew up listening to gothy stuff was tolerable but if you tried dressing lke Robert Smith you'd be savagely beaten.

    The Tackle Show Eulogy 2009

  • Alas, the CE has turned all gothy wolf-boy's telepathic dialogue into boldface, to match the pony's.

    as they cast the net with no betraying light casacorona 2009

  • SBW, where I grew up listening to gothy stuff was tolerable but if you tried dressing lke Robert Smith you'd be savagely beaten.

    The Tackle Show Eulogy 2009

  • ÂBefore Norman and the Dark Avengers can track him down, he escapes again, and his cute gothy new gal pal dubs him boyfriend material.

    Review: Dark Avengers Annual #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

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