wonky
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:47 am
This is my new favorite word. But every time I use it, someone repeats it back to me, "Wonky?"
Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com
I particularly like the World English Dictionary's second definition (on that page) as it is more correct to my personal use of it: "not in correct alignment".won·ky
–adjective, -ki·er, -ki·est.
1. British Slang . a. shaky, groggy, or unsteady. b. unreliable; not trustworthy.
2. Slang . stupid; boring; unattractive.
Origin:
1920–25; perh. var. of dial. wanky, equiv. to wank ( le ) (ME wankel, OE wancol; see wench) + -y1 ; def. 1 prob. represents a different word ( see wonk)
Related Words for : wonky
askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff