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scuzzy, a. N. Amer. colloq.|ˈskʌzɪ|
[Perh. blend of scummy a. + fuzzy a.]
Dirty, grimy; murky. So scuz(z) n., a dirty, messy person.
1968Sunday Sun (Baltimore) 3 Nov. d1/5, I..did ‘Midnight Cowboy’ where I'm Ratso Rizzo, a complete scuzz. 1969Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. li. 16 Scuzzy, groady, skoady, and grungy should probably be listed also under ‘Blends’... Scuzzy, for example, seems to imply fuzzy and scummy: ‘Your teeth are scuzzy.’ 1972J. Wambaugh Blue Knight vi. 78 One white, bearded scuz in a dirty buckskin vest and yellow headband. 1974A. Fowles Pastime vii. 63 The scuzzy, grey, February days, neither cold nor clear. 1976Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 14 Apr. 5/4 Perhaps Mr. Vander Kalm has good intentions about evicting scuzzy malingerers from the dole.
For label and etym. read: slang (orig. and chiefly N. Amer.). [f. scuzz n. + -y1.] Substitute for def.: Disgusting in appearance, behaviour, etc.; dirty, grimy, murky; (esp. of a person) despicable, disreputable, ‘sleazy’. (Later examples.)
1983Fortune 16 May 129/1 ‘If a scuzzy steel mill came in here and offered me $200 a ton off, I'd throw him out,’ says the senior steel buyer. 1985Listener 24 Oct. 42/1 A local plumber's kid perfectly at home among his scuzzy pals. 1987New Musical Express 25 Feb. 24 Zeppelin were really dumb: visibly hanging out..with the scuzziest groupies in town. 1990Raw 21 Feb.–6 Mar. 3/2 It looks like Raw's going to be locked in combat with the noisiest, scuzziest hombres till dawn.
Hence ˈscuzziness n.
1980‘E. McBain’ Ghosts iv. 65 He was accustomed to the scuzziness of the Eight-Seven, where..the carpeting..was..tattered and frayed. |