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Exclamation: "Gross" #1 (permalink) Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:38 pm   Exclamation: "Gross"
 

Hi

I would like to know if you use "gross" as an exclamation? Is it used only to show disgust?

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Exclamation: "Gross" #2 (permalink) Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:55 pm   Exclamation: "Gross"
 

Hi,

It could be an exclamation showing that you think something is very crude, vulgar or in bad taste.

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Exclamation: "Gross" #3 (permalink) Sat Jul 14, 2007 19:28 pm   Exclamation: "Gross"
 

Hi Tom

You might hear people in my neck of the woods use the expression "Gross!" particularly when they see, smell or touch something that is disgusting or turns the stomach. I mentioned skunks here in the forum a few months ago. The smell of a skunk is unbelievably gross.
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