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  • proper noun colloquial one's grandma

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Examples

  • Now, we aren't talking about victories, necessarily, in the sense that the mugger gets his ass whipped and granny escapes unscathed; more often than not, Granny gets roughed up or cut or otherwise damaged, but she does manage to survive.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Steve Perry 2009

  • Linda got the nickname Granny Panty or Granpan and it stuck to her like glue.

    Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011

  • Linda got the nickname Granny Panty or Granpan and it stuck to her like glue.

    Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011

  • It might be interesting to note at this junction that our other granny, who lived at the back of our garden, was known as Granny Back.

    Family life 2011

  • Granny is standing on the far right, helpfully labeled “H. P.”

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • I would even fill in Granny and Pap-Paw so we could we all be on the same pages!

    Archive 2009-07-01 Beth McC. 2009

  • I would even fill in Granny and Pap-Paw so we could we all be on the same pages!

    I just get cake... Beth McC. 2009

  • True, Granny is a far less threatening source than the eugenics movement.

    Think Progress » SC Lt. Gov. compares people getting gov’t help to ‘stray animals’ who ‘breed’ because they don’t know better. 2010

  • I angry that my Granny is in pain, I am angry that this is even happening, I am angry with myself and I am angry that people are so selfish!

    AAAHHHH... Beth McC. 2009

  • I thought I was going to die it was so hot and of course we were crammed in our row and poor Granny is smashed up to the big drunk loud football fan!

    Archive 2009-08-01 Beth McC. 2009

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