What does droogish mean?
Droogish means Amoral and savage, like a droog..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Amoral and savage, like a droog..
In the second case, when droogish chivalry is revealed as illusory, Kubrick makes the scene ironic by timing it to Gene Kelly's song of joy from Singin' in the Rain (1952).
The rock star's droogish image had taken on a revolutionary glow; his music rang like a call to insurrection […]
These particular refugees have escaped the Droogish nightmare of Red Chinese environmentalists and are ensnared now in the grinding bureaucracy of immigration court.
I find the description wonderfully familiar, less the droogish quality, than the loosey-goosey opportunism.
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Droogish means Amoral and savage, like a droog..
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In the second case, when droogish chivalry is revealed as illusory, Kubrick makes the scene ironic by timing it to Gene Kelly's song of joy from Singin' in the Rain (1952).
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