kink·y

[king-kee]
adjective, kink·i·er, kink·i·est.
1.
full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.
2.
(of hair) closely or tightly curled.
3.
Slang. marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, or the like.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; kink + -y1

kink·i·ly, adverb
kink·i·ness, noun
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kinky (ˈkɪŋkɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , kinkier, kinkiest
1.  slang given to unusual, abnormal, or deviant sexual practices
2.  informal exhibiting unusual idiosyncrasies of personality; quirky; eccentric
3.  informal attractive or provocative in a bizarre way: kinky clothes
4.  tangled or tightly looped, as a wire or rope
5.  tightly curled, as hair
 
'kinkily
 
adv
 
'kinkiness
 
n

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Kinky is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

kinky
1844, "full of kinks," from kink. Meaning "odd, eccentric" is from 1889; that of "sexually perverted" is from 1959.
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kinky definition


and bent; twisted
  1. mod.
    having to do with someone or something strange or weird. : The guy is so kinky that everyone avoids him.
  2. mod.
    having to do with unconventional sexual acts or people who perform them. : She seems to have a morbid interest in kinky stuff.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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