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won·ky

   [wong-kee]
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; perhaps variant of dial. wanky, equivalent to wank(le) (Middle English wankel, Old English wancol; see wench) + -y1; def. 1 probably represents a different word (see wonk)
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Wonky is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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wonky (ˈwɒŋkɪ)
 
—adj , -kier, -kiest
1.  shaky or unsteady
2.  not in correct alignment; askew
3.  liable to break down or develop a fault
 
[C20: variant of dialect wanky, from Old English wancol]

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wonky definition

[ˈwɔŋki]
  1. mod.
    studious. (Collegiate.) : You ought to get a little wonky yourself.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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