gronk
n.— «In Australia the term “gronk” was originally used to describe prison innmates. Now the term is used to describe wannabe mamas boy thugs, derrelicts and general idiocy in people. Anyway I was at the gym which I have been a member of since it opened, where I know almost every hardcore trainer including the manager and staff when this gronk tried to “own” me.» —“Gronk in the gym rant” by The_Brick Wanna Be Big Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Forums Mar. 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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