Dictionary

grandbig en · NOUN

Etymology

From grand- + big, by analogy with familial relationships such as grandmother.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:university slang) A big of a big; a sorority member who has herself mentored a mentor.
   • Your Greek roots go back further than those old letter T-shirts your grandbig gave you. Since Greek life was established at GW more than 150 years ago, sororities and fraternities have become a part of University history, now making up a third of our campus population. 2014 September 11, Alissa Varghese, Eva Palmer, “Throwback: Greeks in national, University history”, in The GW Hatchet:
   • Every Little is assigned a Big to mentor them, and it's the Big's job to show them how things are done. Every Big has a Grandbig who is over the Big, and then there's the Great Grandbig, the—" "Let me guess," I said. "The Mac Daddy of them all." "I prefer Mac Mother, but yes, you get the idea." 2021, Cheryl Bradshaw, Little Lost Secrets:
   • Tessa Bradlie Souffrant posted "My grandbig and her mom are missing while she is abroad in New Zealand". 2016 April 30, “Missing American hikers found safe”, in Newstalk ZB:

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Antonyms

grandlittle