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  • adjective Alternative spelling of porridgy.

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Examples

  • These color episodes were originally broadcast in black-and-white, and when they were syndicated to stations in color in the mid-to-late Sixties, they were saddled with cheap color processing that gave them an ugly, porridgey look that got ten times worse whenever one scene was about to dissolve into the next.

    Archive 2006-12-17 2006

  • These color episodes were originally broadcast in black-and-white, and when they were syndicated to stations in color in the mid-to-late Sixties, they were saddled with cheap color processing that gave them an ugly, porridgey look that got ten times worse whenever one scene was about to dissolve into the next.

    VIDEO WATCHDOG's Favorite DVDs of 2006 - Part 2 2006

  • The simplest thing would have been to have a nice smooth porridgey distribution of matter.

    Constructing Your Own Universe cjohnson 2005

  • She repaid this unexpectedly touching gesture by grabbing onto Smith's face as she was being dragged stage left by two predatory bouncers: I think she got a good few yards still holding onto his saggy mug, before letting go and allowing it to slowly return to its former porridgey physigonomy.

    The Fall online - latest Fall News 2005

  • Their chests remained covered, though, as they worked through a porridgey medley of song fragments familiar to people over 30 and viewers of

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Devoid of the porridgey homogeneity plaguing lesser versions, the rice in this saffron-scented dream has just the right consistency and proves a proper bed for nestling garlicky chorizo, briny mussels, and tender smoked chicken.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2010

  • But there are no classic moments, just the same episode repeated with subtly varied knitwear and that prevailing air of tortured, porridgey banter.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Their chests remained covered, though, as they worked through a porridgey medley of song fragments familiar to people over 30 and viewers of

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • If you love oatmeal and porridgey cereals when the weather's cold, here's another simple option.

    Accidental Hedonist 2009

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