I'm going with Michael Smolensky's answer, since I heard that phrase from a brash loudmouth of an investment banker to mean in [greater] detail.. (Printers like me, who are the lowest form of animal life to bankers, wondered if the 'granular' meant wheat, bran, rye or just plain chaff...)
Definitions for thugging. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word thugging. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: thugging(Noun) thuggery; the behaviour of a thug.
Subculture 'thug' is also a construct being sold by the black rap community. The thug is basicly a macho glorified criminal. The thug has a prescribed set of mannerisms (baggy clothes, slang, etc) and a system of beliefs centered around illegal activity (mainly drugs, theft, murder, prostitution, and being in prison).