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grunge

[gruhnj] / grʌndʒ /
ADJECTIVE
dirt; rock music style of the early 1990s
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The grunge collection may have helped define the era’s style and, in later years, proven Jacobs’ visionary status.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

And while it didn’t exactly fly off the shelves, its concurrence with the height of the Seattle grunge music scene made the disheveled aesthetic a street-style must-have.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

He did a poorly received grunge collection that incoherently tried to marry haute couture with thrift-store shabbiness, and was fired for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A signature development—and a true detail—is that Eddie Vedder actually asked them to perform as an opener for his grunge band Pearl Jam, which was as cool as anything could be at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Feigning shame, I showed it to some hard grunge types, to their even harder women, to red-faced professionals.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee