Associations to the word «Scruffy»

Wiktionary

SCRUFFY, adjective. Untidy in appearance.
SCRUFFY, noun. (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats".
SCRUFFY CHIC, adjective. Having the characteristics of style and lovable scruffiness combined.
SCRUFFY CHIC, adjective. Stylish rather than fashionable
SCRUFFY CHIC, adjective. Classy with out appearing to make an effort.
SCRUFFY CHIC, adjective. (endearing and personal) A form of the expression "shabby chic".

Dictionary definition

SCRUFFY, adjective. Shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne