baggy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbæɡi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æɡi
Etymology 1
bag + -y
Adjective
baggy (comparative baggier, superlative baggiest)
- Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
- Synonyms: loose, saggy; see also Thesaurus:loose-fitting
- (music) Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
- 2011 October 18, Jon Savage, “Stone Roses reunion: three baggy playlists”, in The Guardian:
- Pop historian Jon Savage listens to the best of the Stone Roses and their contemporaries – from Baby Ford to the Sabres of Paradise – and creates the perfect set of baggy playlists
- 2015 October 1, Tshepo Mokoena, “Swim Deep: Mothers review – baggy indie kids embrace psych-pop”, in The Guardian:
- The Birmingham band – now a five-piece after multi-instrumentalist James Balmont joined them – have ditched the loose and baggy guitar pop of 2013’s Where the Heaven Are We? in favour of psych-pop that contorts itself into pulsing Balearic acid house and motorik rhythms.
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- (figuratively) Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.
- a baggy book
Derived terms
- baggy green
Descendants
- → French: baggy
Translations
of clothing, very loose-fitting
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Noun
baggy (plural baggies)
- (UK) A member of the 1980/90s British music and fashion movement.
- 1990, “Kinky Afro”, in Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, performed by Happy Mondays:
- I said dad you're a shabby / You run around and groove like a baggy / You're only here just out of habit
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Etymology 2
Presumably back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies.
Alternative forms
- baggie
Noun
baggy (plural baggies)
- A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
- 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 10,
- In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy."
- 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 10,
- Such a bag filled with marijuana.
Usage notes
- In British and Canadian colloquial usage (from at least the early 1980s) this especially applies to small self-sealing sandwich or freezer bags used for illicit purposes.
See also
- bag
French
Etymology
English baggy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ɡi/
Audio (file)
Adjective
baggy (plural baggys)
- baggy
Noun
baggy m (plural baggys)
- Loose-fitting trousers