proggy

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adjective

Characteristic of progressive rock music.

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Meanings

proggy1

adjectiveproggy (comparative proggier, superlative proggiest)

comparative proggier · superlative proggiest

  1. informalCharacteristic of progressive rock music.

    They made prog rock that was too proggy for its own good. Even guitarist and band auteur Omar Rodriguez-Lopez must've realized how far out into the ozone he'd drifted.

    2006, SPIN, volume 22, number 9, page 104

proggy2

nounproggy (plural proggies)

plural proggies

  1. alternativeslangcomputingAlternative form of proggie (“program”).

    99.5% of this proggy is password-phree, but we can't have lamers going around on overhead accounts...

proggy3

nounproggy (uncountable)
  1. uncountabletransgender slangProgesterone.

Origin

proggy · adjective

From prog (“progressive; progressive rock”) + -y.

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proggy · noun

Clipping of program + -y.

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proggy · noun

Clipping of progesterone + -y. Compare prog (“progesterone”).

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APA

proggy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proggy

MLA

“proggy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proggy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proggy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proggy.

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