reasty
(UK, dialect) Rancid, "rusty" (applied to salt meat).
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(UK, dialect) Rancid, "rusty" (applied to salt meat).
So I could pluck a crow with Poet Martial for calling it puire halec, the scauld rotten herring; be he meant that of the fat, reasty Scottish herrings, which will endure no salt, and in one month (bestow what cost on them you will) wax r…
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(UK, dialect) Cranky and unmanageable.
The on'y flesh meaat we 'ad fur the six on us i' the wik wer' 2 lbs. of what we termed Rang-tank baacon— a reasty article it wer' too — but to me then, even the salt and the reasty crust on it were delicious.
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(by extension, UK, dialect) Rank and smelly.
Moist and muggy weather will turn it reasty sooner than anything.
Reasty means: Rank and smelly.. It is a dialectal or regional word and rarely appears in mainstream teen culture; usage usually points to a family, regional, or literary source rather than peer slang. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
reasty means: Rank and smelly.. Register: regional or dialectal, informal. Not common in mainstream English; use only if you specifically want a regional or literary effect, otherwise the standard equivalent is safer. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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