Talk:gnashy

RFV discussion: May–June 2017
"(informal) Unpleasant; tedious. explain and word all that gnashy science into flowery bower chat." That strange citation isn't sourced, but seems to be from a cyberpunk novel (Rucker's Live Robots?) with creative use of language: almost the same paragraph talks about "dreak gas" causing "telepathic synchroswim vision". So I'd like to see some 'normal' cites for this. Equinox ◑ 23:01, 15 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Kiwima just added a couple, but I think they're the wrong sense. Kerouac (1965) calls King Lear a "gnashy old flap": that suggests a mouth moving, talking nonsense; hence sense 1, "typical of gnashing the teeth". Same probably goes for Bowden (2011): "the whole city has turned gnashy", talking about a zombie video game: the risk is that zombies will bite. Equinox ◑ 23:51, 15 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Perhaps. Personally, I think the Kerouac quote is calling Lear tedious, but the zombie quote is admittedly pretty iffy. I added two more quotes. What is your opinion of them? Kiwima (talk) 00:08, 16 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Re Lear, can't "flap" only refer to moving lips? Or do you think it's saying he is an empty flap/husk of skin or something? Re the other cites: 1994: "gnashy treasure items": I have no idea! This suggests there is some additional sense but it isn't necessarily this one. Would treasure items be tedious and unpleasant? Could it even be a one-off rare error for flashy? etc. Re 2002: "[grille of speaker] has some gnashy areas": sounds like physical damage; going with the teeth, maybe it looks frayed or gnawed (chomp chomp!); but again not clear. Thanks for digging all this stuff up. Equinox ◑ 00:13, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Re "gnashy treasure": "decide _wear_ the big, gnashy treasure items of your world are" (emhpasis added) suggests it's a misspelling / thinko for "flashy" or another word. I agree the zombie one is invoking gnashing zombie teeth, like "the whole city has turned bitey". - -sche (discuss) 18:59, 16 May 2017 (UTC)


 * If you read the thread, the "gnashy treasure items" are items with so little value that they are hardly worth the effort. Perhaps tedious and unpleasant is overspecific - but then, for these quotes, so is the reference to gnashing teeth! It seems to be getting at a general "undesirable" sense. Kiwima (talk) 19:00, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

RFV-resolved Kiwima (talk) 01:01, 6 June 2017 (UTC)