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dagginess en · NOUN

Etymology

From daggy (“uncool, unfashionable”) + -ness. First attested in 1985.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, slang, uncountable) The quality of being daggy (uncool, unfashionable).
    • In addition to my anxieties and obsessions about my appearance, I also suffered terribly from unrequited love. Strangely enough, despite my dagginess and poor self-esteem, I still received my fair share of attention from boys. Unfortunately, however, this attention was all from boys who didn't interest me in the slightest. 2012, Kerri Sackville, The Little Book of Anxiety: Confessions From a Worried Life, London: The Robson Press, →ISBN, page 36: