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dreckness en · NOUN

Etymology

From dreck + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
    • In view of this monolithic corporation-sponsored drecknesss settling on the land, it's grotesque to work up a lather about a 20-watt alternative radio station. 1996 July 6, Stanley Poss, “Huge influence of big business is ever present”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, C.A.: The McClatchy Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 1:
    • The Wrap's headline says of "Emoji's" depths of dreckness: "There Are No Words." 2017 July 28, Michael Cavna, “’The Emoji Movie’ has a zero score on Rotten Tomatoes. Here’s how critics are eviscerating the film.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2017:
    • Sappy dreckness itself can even work for a story. Kurt Vonnegut put it to good use, but he wasn't pretentious with it (IMO). 2005 May 12, Tom Keats, “the contrast!”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet):

Synonyms

dreckitude · dreckiness