Grimy energy is the ambient vibe someone gives off that signals their moral compass is pointed in the wrong direction — before they've done anything you can call out directly. It's a gut-level read: this person would sell you out for convenience, would take your idea and claim it, would disappear when things get hard. Grimy energy is often dismissed by optimists until the inevitable happens. People who trust their instincts rarely get burned twice by the same grimy energy.
I couldn't explain it at the time, but he gave off grimy energy from day one — six months later he'd stolen from three people in the group.
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