As I walked along the root strewn paths in the forest this afternoon I started thinking about the etymology of the word gnarly. Yes, I was thinking about the gnarly roots of gnarly roots. So gnarly started off meaning knotted and rugged, and then some Californian surfer girl or surfer boy had the cool idea to call a dangerous, exciting wave gnarly. Then gnarly just worked its way into teen slang; gnarly, dude.
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