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Grit can refer to: sand dand sand

sand*Grit (geology), a clastic sediment composed of hard, often abrasive granules of a size range between sand and pebbles, typically from exfoliation of bedrock

    • Gritstone, a sedimentary rock formed by diagenesis of grit
  • Grits, a corn-based food common in the Southern United States and Southern Manchuria
    • GRITS (derived from the above meaning) is an American slang term short for Girls Raised In The South
    • GRIT (derived from the above meaning) is an American military slang term for someone from the South.
    • Grits, a derogatory slang term in the Middle Atlantic United States referring to caucasian working class people, a synonym for redneck

Other uses

  • Road salt, used to prevent ice forming on roads
  • Grit (newspaper), a U.S. periodical founded as a newspaper in 1882
  • Clear Grits, reformers in the Province of Upper Canada, a British colony that is now the Province of Ontario, Canada
  • Grits, a media term for the Liberal Party of Canada
  • GRITS, a Christian hip hop group
  • Grit, a character in the Advance Wars series of video games
  • Grit, album by Celtic fusion musician Martyn Bennett
  • Grit, a synonym for dip, or chewing tobacco
  • GRiT, a slang for methamphetamine
  • Gritty Weed, adulterated herbal Cannabis in the UK
  • Grits is also an internet meme on Slashdot

Acronyms

  • GRIT, an acronym for Gradual Reduction in Tension, a model of international conflict management developed by Charles Osgood and advocated by several prominent International Relations scholars.
  • GRIT (Military Acronym) Used as an aide memoir for fire control orders (Group, Range, Indication, Type of Fire)
  • GRIT is an acronym for Grantor Retained Interest Trust.