Define Gnarly Dude Meaning

A phrase that non Southern Californians usually east coasters think is only something people say in the movies, when in fact we use it all the time, along with awesome, stoked and rad. Mostly a coastal term, but also used in the inland empire aka the land of the dirt people.

It describes an impressive event whether it be positive or negative.

Another word for cool, awesome, rad, sweet, followed by dude.

Contrary to popular belief, gnarly dude, is not a description of a dude at all. It is an expression generally used after witnessing or otherwise perceiving through a third party any event that is impressive, unbelievable, extraordinary, or out of this world. The phrase is much more closely related to other phrases such as "wow", and "amazing", than to "That dude is gnarly".

A guy who's been severely mangled. A man who's been so inexplicably fucked over, fuck up and shit upon that his body is turned up-side-down and inside out - usually with an eye-ball that wanders attached to some sort of fucked up antenna.

The catchphrase of VX148 Mole, a former moderator of FlareTV.

VX148 Mole's catchphrase