baggy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæɡi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -æɡi

Etymology 1

bag +‎ -y

Adjective

baggy (comparative baggier, superlative baggiest)

1. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

   Synonyms: loose, saggy; see also Thesaurus:loose-fitting

2. (music) Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
   • 2011 October 18, Jon Savage, “Stone Roses reunion: three baggy playlists”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Pop historian Jon Savage listens to the best of the Stone Roses and their contemporaries – from Baby Ford to the Sabres of Paradise – and creates the perfect set of baggy playlists

   • 2015 October 1, Tshepo Mokoena, “Swim Deep: Mothers review – baggy indie kids embrace psych-pop”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     The Birmingham band – now a five-piece after multi-instrumentalist James Balmont joined them – have ditched the loose and baggy guitar pop of 2013’s Where the Heaven Are We? in favour of psych-pop that contorts itself into pulsing Balearic acid house and motorik rhythms.

3. (figurative) Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.

   a baggy book

Derived terms

• baggy green

Descendants

• → French: baggy

Translations

of clothing, very loose-fitting

• Bulgarian: безформен (bg) (bezformen), провиснал (за дреха) (bg) (provisnal (za dreha))
• Finnish: löysä (fi), löysänä roikkuva
• German: ausgeleiert (de)
• Hindi: ढीला (hi) (ḍhīlā)
• Maori: tāreparepa
• Old English: pohhed
• Plautdietsch: lempich
• Portuguese: folgado (pt)
• Russian: мешкова́тый (ru) (meškovátyj)
• Spanish: holgado (es)

Noun

baggy (plural baggies)

1. (UK) A member of the 1980/90s British music and fashion movement.
   • 1990, “Kinky Afro”, in Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, performed by Happy Mondays:

     I said dad you're a shabby / You run around and groove like a baggy / You're only here just out of habit

Etymology 2

Presumably back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies.

Alternative forms

• baggie

Noun

baggy (plural baggies)

1. A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
   • 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 10,

     In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy."

2. Such a bag filled with marijuana.

Usage notes

• In British and Canadian colloquial usage (from at least the early 1980s) this especially applies to small self-sealing sandwich or freezer bags used for illicit purposes.

See also

• bag

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English baggy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡi/

• Audio

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Adjective

baggy (plural baggys)

1. baggy

Noun

baggy m (plural baggys)

1. Loose-fitting trousers