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Meaning of goth up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of goth up.
    alt-of
  2. To dress or decorate in the style of goth subculture.
    ambitransitive, humorous, informal

Examples

“Toward the evening, we return to our bed and breakfast in order to get 'gothed up', which entails making our appearance as impressive as possible...”
“The goth gardeners have suggestions for gothing up a garden, whether it's in a yard, in a container, in window boxes, on a rooftop...”
“There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.”
“On Saturday nights we'd all get Gothed up and trek down to Houston and Avenue A.”
“He's still Gothing up, dying^([sic – meaning dyeing]) his brown hair into black spikes, and he had on more eyeliner than I did.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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