2007-04-07 16:55:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I don't think anyone has used it since back when I was a little kid! Try watching "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"...it's probably all over the place there! In its day, though, I think it was used by white teenagers, particularly the SoCal surfer set.
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2007-04-07 17:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by YoMera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably only the coolest people on earth... Gnarly is like the most common word ever and if you don't know that that's a little strange......
ONLY GNARLY PEOPLE USE THE WORD GNARLY!!!
WAAWW...
2007-04-07 17:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by WAAAAA!!! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was originally 1980's California surfer lingo as in "Gnarly (awesome, formidable, stupefying etc.) waves, dude! The word is still used mostly by surfers and valley girls, who often borrow words from surfer lingo (or surfer speak). It is also occasionally used by high school students.
2007-04-07 18:53:13 · answer #3 · answered by Brennus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brilliant joke 10/10
2016-05-19 22:36:27 · answer #4 · answered by jewell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Occassionly I'll hear it said by surfers in Southern California, but that's about it.
2007-04-07 18:42:49 · answer #5 · answered by andy c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do! And nappy...they are way better words than discusting or gross...
2007-04-07 16:58:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gnarls barkley prolly does
2007-04-07 17:06:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
surfers
2007-04-11 14:07:06 · answer #8 · answered by kel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋