gory details
noun
informal
: the small facts or pieces of information about something that are unpleasant or interesting in a shocking way
Please, spare us the gory details.
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Instead, we are expected to forget yesterday’s gory details and show up for our shift unaffected by the past.
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Cathleen Calkins, Longreads, 23 Jan. 2024
Even so, as the unfiltered Moon in your intimacy zone aggravates soppy Neptune in your expressive 5th house, knowing when to stop sharing the gory details of your physical symptoms could be a challenge.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
For those in search of the glorious, gory details of Gunn’s copious drug-taking—from grass and mushrooms to crystal meth—the letters don’t disappoint.
—Matthew Bevis, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022
Cathleen Calkins, Longreads, 23 Jan. 2024
Even so, as the unfiltered Moon in your intimacy zone aggravates soppy Neptune in your expressive 5th house, knowing when to stop sharing the gory details of your physical symptoms could be a challenge.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
For those in search of the glorious, gory details of Gunn’s copious drug-taking—from grass and mushrooms to crystal meth—the letters don’t disappoint.
—Matthew Bevis, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022
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“Gory details.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gory%20details. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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