grandbig

English

Etymology

grand- +‎ big, by analogy with familial relationships such as grandmother.

Noun

grandbig (plural grandbigs)

1. (university slang) A big of a big; a sorority member who has herself mentored a mentor.

   Antonym: grandlittle

   • 2014 September 11, Alissa Varghese, Eva Palmer, “Throwback: Greeks in national, University history”, in The GW Hatchet‎^[1]:

     Your Greek roots go back further than those old letter T-shirts your grandbig gave you. Since Greek life was established at GW more than 150 years ago, sororities and fraternities have become a part of University history, now making up a third of our campus population.

   • 2016 April 30, “Missing American hikers found safe”, in Newstalk ZB‎^[2]:

     Tessa Bradlie Souffrant posted "My grandbig and her mom are missing while she is abroad in New Zealand".

   • 2021, Cheryl Bradshaw, Little Lost Secrets:

     Every Little is assigned a Big to mentor them, and it's the Big's job to show them how things are done. Every Big has a Grandbig who is over the Big, and then there's the Great Grandbig, the—"
     "Let me guess," I said. "The Mac Daddy of them all."
     "I prefer Mac Mother, but yes, you get the idea."