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Rorty (adj) means (informal) Loud, lively and a little rude or improper.

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(informal) Loud, lively and a little rude or improper.

"But compared with the heavy, muffling darkness of the night in which the countryside was sunk, the lights looked positively rorty" — Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm (1932)

"Any speed any gear it doesn't matter. The 2Eleven's got an enormous powerband huge performance and the rortiest exhaust I've heard in an Elise-based car" — , Lotus 2-Eleven - Road Test First Drive (2007)

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