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gnarly (adj.)
1829, "knotted and rugged," from
gnarl
(see
gnarled
) +
-y
(2). Picked up 1970s as surfer slang to describe a dangerous wave; it had spread in teen slang by 1982, where it meant both "excellent" and "disgusting."
