The word "gnarly" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is most often used as a slang term to describe something that is difficult, complex or extreme, as in a sports feat or an extreme or difficult circumstance. Example sentence: "The waves were gnarly today, and there was no way I was going out into the water!".
Click here to watch There was a notable absence of rock at this year's Grammys, but thankfully Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor took centre stage for the gnarly closer, performing Copy of A from his 2013 album Hesitation Marks, joined on stage by Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme.
Most exciting for gnarly types is the reopening of the Hörnlihütte (pictured), at the Matterhorn's basecamp, in July.
Captain Al launches into a well-rehearsed ritual: "Drink it fast, or drink it slow, but either way, your lips must touch this gnarly looking toe!" I close my eyes, taste the whiskey, and indulge in this ceremony of cocktail cannibalism.
Yet even among acclaimed new-wave dramas and gnarly Ozploitation flicks, Miller's series stood out as the leather-clad misfit in the crowd.
Crassus offers 25,000 sestertii to watch something gnarly.
"The Turks, of course," huffs Fatma Ekinci, a gnarly grandmother, who lost "two saplings" (a son and a daughter) in the 28 year-long conflict.Yet members of Turkey's largest pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), which has close links to the rebels, have embraced a determinedly conciliatory tone.
When the Wave Hub was announced, Cornish surfers worried that it might make their tubes less gnarly.
Golf is well, golf is golf.No doubt someone who knows about golf can offer some reasons as to why the top pros seem to be getting younger, but let's ignore that for the moment and focus on those gnarly surfers.
Truffles may be pungent, gnarly things, but they have become a by-word for gastronomic luxury.
The sculpture by Unkei's son Kōshō (died 1237) of Kūya, the rugged old mendicant who advocated the unceasing repetition of the nembutsu prayer, is depicted realistically as determined and gnarly but with the fantastic grace note of a string of small Amida figures emerging from his mouth a literal representation of his teaching.
It will mean endless hours on my backside and having to be in classes with non-U youth who will try to sell me drugs and lure me away from the bosom of my skiing family to attend some keg party complete with hot tub and gnarly babes.
