Modern Meaning of "Gory" Not in OED

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Jesse Sheidlower wrote (quoting Fred Shapiro):

>> The OED does not have the modern meaning of "gory," i.e., bloodcurdling,
>> sensational.  The classic collocation for this meaning, "gory details," is

I also think that "gory details" can mean "more details than a listener
would normally want to hear."

Fred Shapiro


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