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.
As for the word thug, to me it is color blind. I am a white women and I don't judge people on the color of their skin. I didn't earn white... Anyway, a thug to me is someone who thinks they can bully their way into getting something and usually do not work for anything.