dreckness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dreck +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

dreckness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being dreck (junk, garbage).
    Synonyms: dreckiness, dreckitude
    • 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:
      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.
    • 2005 May 12, Tom Keats, “the contrast!”, in rec.bicycles.misc[1] (Usenet):
      Sappy dreckness itself can even work for a story. Kurt Vonnegut put it to good use, but he wasn't pretentious with it (IMO).
    • 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[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2017:
      The Wrap's headline says of "Emoji's" depths of dreckness: "There Are No Words."