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proggy

proggy adjective: characteristic of progressive rock music. Also the alternative form of proggie.

Adjective

proggy (comparative proggier, superlative proggiest)

  1. (informal) Characteristic of progressive rock music.
    • They made prog rock that was too proggy for its own good. Even guitarist and band auteur Omar Rodriguez-Lopez must've realized how far out into the ozone he'd drifted.2006, SPIN, volume 22, number 9, page 104

Noun

proggy (uncountable)

  1. (transgender slang) Progesterone.

Also used as

proggy is also the alternative form of proggie.

Forms of proggy

Adjective
comparativeproggier
superlativeproggiest
Noun
pluralproggies

Origin of proggy

From prog (“progressive; progressive rock”) + -y.

Clipping of program + -y.

Clipping of progesterone + -y. Compare prog (“progesterone”).

Questions about proggy

What does proggy mean?
Proggy means characteristic of progressive rock music.
What part of speech is proggy?
Proggy can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near proggy in the dictionary

  1. proggier
  2. proggies
  3. proggiest
  4. progging
  5. proggins
  6. proggy
  7. proghead
  8. progheads
  9. proghrelin
  10. proghrelins
  11. ProgID

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