“Grim”

[Pyri]

Does anyone actually use the word “grim” in real life? I’d say it’s on about 80% of threads here - about bedding, towels, bins, being underdressed, drinking too much, watching Ant and Dec, having a manicure etc etc etc.

I couldn’t even say the last time I’ve used it but it seems to be a catch-all term on MN to describe anything that is a little bit unsavoury to something that that poster personally dislikes to something which is dirty.

So, do you use it IRL or is this like the fabled MN chicken?

i tend to use the word minging if something is that mucky grim to me is if the outcome of something is not going to be good

Yes I use it. I think it's a commonly heard word. Its stubby greyness works well to describe something cruddy e.g. a plate left under a teenager's bed for weeks, or something dismal and horrifying e.g. there was a thread yesterday where people were discussing the sexual prowess of Boris Johnson.

I used it this morning when I opened the door and it was sleeting!

It’s in my regular vocab. If somethings proper mucky or the weathers bad, especially if it’s sleeting.

Yes, I say it. It's a good descriptor for bad weather or when something is particularly dirty.

I use it a lot. It’s a common word to use here.

My daughter uses frequently enough for it to annoy.
I always think of it as meaning gloomy or miserable but she seems to use it to mean dirty or disgusting.

In very common usage where I am (Lancashire).

I do think it's a particularly 'Mumsnet' word, but I wanted to comment because I missed the comma the first time I read 'bins, being underdressed' and I thought WTF we're supposed to dress our bins now, what will MN think of next that no normal people ever think needs doing.

I use it not particularly often thankfully.

Yep, quite a common word in general usage here (London).

I use it a lot (Northern)

I use it - not all the time, but fairly frequently.

at the underdressed bins!

Frequently

Hth.

Never use it. Not really keen on grim or minging - I put them in the same category as “it doesn’t sit well with me” and “give your head a wobble”. I would probably say disgusting or awful.

I do.

Yes, I use it and hear it used regularly where I live in London.

@BarbaraofSeville

I do think it's a particularly 'Mumsnet' word, but I wanted to comment because I missed the comma the first time I read 'bins, being underdressed' and I thought WTF we're supposed to dress our bins now, what will MN think of next that no normal people ever think needs doing.

I wouldn’t put it past MN tbh!