Slang Files · 🏄 Valley & surf

G33Z3R Slang Files · 19821986

What did "grody to the max" mean?

Grody (to the max)

Means
Disgusting; to the max meant extremely
Came from
The San Fernando Valley, via Frank and Moon Zappa's Valley Girl (1982)
Peak
1982–1984
Still around?
As a period piece

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Grody is grotesque with the corners knocked off, and to the max was the Valley's intensifier for everything. Moon Zappa said it on her father's novelty single in 1982 and the whole country learned the accent in a summer.

It's the purest Valleyspeak on this list and the fastest to date itself. Anyone who says it now is doing an impression of 1983.

Sources: Wiktionary — Grody (to the max) · Wikipedia — Valley Girl (song)

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