raggedy-ass shirt
- noun
- /ˈræɡɪdi æs ʃɜrt/
- Offensive
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camisa de mierda
- Don't show up to the meeting in that raggedy-ass shirt; it's full of holes!
Examples
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Even in winter, he insisted on wearing his old raggedy-ass shirt everywhere he went.
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She laughed when she saw the raggedy-ass shirt her brother tried to wear for dinner.
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He wore a raggedy-ass shirt to the party.
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Look at that raggedy-ass shirt!
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He refused to throw away his favorite raggedy-ass shirt even though it had more patches than fabric.
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Whenever he wore his old raggedy-ass shirt, his friends teased him about how worn-out it looked.
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In the garage sale, she couldn't believe how many people wanted to buy her brother's raggedy-ass shirt.
Synonyms
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A worn, shabby piece of warm clothing with holes that still keeps you warm
A t-shirt that is dirty or looks unwashed
How Worn
Surface Forms
Morphology
raggedy-ass + shirt
The phrase is compositionally built from an adjective meaning 'worn/shabby' (raggedy) plus the colloquial intensifier '-ass', so the overall sense 'a very worn or shabby shirt' is directly derivable from its parts. Although informal and slightly vulgar, the intensifying pattern is productive in English, making the meaning predictable for a learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Raggedy-ass shirt comes from the image of a raggedy shirt that is torn, full of holes, and dirty, with the rude word ass added to make the idea stronger and to mean 'very'. So, it describes a shirt that is extremely worn-out or shabby.