Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): griggs'd
Pronunciation: gr\ i \gz
1. To use content on the web without permission, then request payment from original author for rewrites and editing.
2. To remain ignorant of plagiarism, ethics, copyright, and asshat behavior.
Etymology: From Cook's Source editor Judith Griggs' use of Monica's article from GodeCookery without attribution or permission, and from Griggs' subsequent rejection and ridicule of Monica's request for compensation.
Example of usage: "Why'd you get an F on that essay?" "I griggs'dthe professor's doctoral thesis from her website, and I even cleaned it up for her and told her she should give me an A, but she failed me anyway."
Alternate usage: "For tomorrow's deadline, I'm going to griggs some article from LiveJournal but edit it to remove the humor and interestingness.
Inflected Form(s): griggsβd β¨
Pronunciation: gr\ i \gz
1. To use content on the web without permission, then request payment from original author for rewrites and editing.
2. To remain ignorant of plagiarism, ethics, copyright, and asshat behavior.
Etymology: From online Cookβs Source editor Judith Griggsβ use of Monica Gaudioβs article from GodeCookery without attribution or permission, and from Griggsβ subsequent rejection and ridicule of Monicaβs request for compensation.
βWhyβd you get an F on that essay?β
βI griggsβd the professorβs doctoral thesis from her website, and I even cleaned it up for her and told her she should give me an A, but she failed me anyway.β
Alternate usage: βFor tomorrowβs deadline, Iβm going to griggs some article from LiveJournal but edit it to remove the humor and interestingness.β
Will Grigg is the goat. He is the greatest soccer player to ever touch the pitch. He is the best player ever. Sunderland are extremely lucky to have the goat in their squad. His career went on fire when he had a stint in Wigan. Thatβs why he has a song about him. WILL GRIGG IS THE GOAT. Will Grigg = π
To use copyright-protected content a la Cooks source editor Judith Griggs, and then insist that the copyright holder should be paying YOU for the publicity.
1. To use content on the web without permission, then request payment from original author for rewrites and editing.
2. To remain ignorant of plagiarism, ethics, copyright, and asshat behavior.
Etymology: From Cook's Source editor Judith Griggs' use of Monica's article from GodeCookery without attribution or permission, and from Griggs' subsequent rejection and ridicule of Monica's request for compensation.
"Why'd you get an F on that essay?" "I griggs'd the professor's doctoral thesis from her website, and I even cleaned it up for her and told her she should give me an A, but she failed me anyway."
Alternate usage: "For tomorrow's deadline, I'm going to griggs some article from LiveJournal but edit it to remove the humor and interestingness.
To rip someone off and then add insult to injury by charging them money or following with an egregious insult, a la Cook's Source magazine editor Judith Griggs when she plagiarized an article written by Monica Gaudio. When Gaudio contacted Griggs to straighten things out and ask that Judith make a small contribution to a journalism school to make things right, Griggs told her that her article wasn't very good in the first place and that if anything, Gaudio should be paying HER for the editing work she did on her piece.
It was bad enough when he mugged me and stole my purse, but did he have to Griggs me by calling me fat and suing me for fighting back?