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wonky /wong'kee/ adj.
[from Australian slang] Yet another
approximate synonym for broken.
Specifically connotes a
malfunction that produces behavior seen as crazy, humorous, or
amusingly perverse. "That was the day the printer's font logic
went wonky and everybody's listings came out in Tengwar." Also in
`wonked out'.
See funky,
demented,
bozotic. |
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won·ky Pronunciation: /wong'kee/ Function: adjective Etymology: alteration of wanky
1 Britain :
UNSTEADY,
SHAKY
<the bridge stands ... though one of the arches is wonky
-- Manchester Guardian Weekly> |