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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: An ooky midquel #154946 02/03/2006 5:08 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass ooky, a. colloq. [Prob. alteration of UCKY a. Cf. earlier ICKY a. and slightly later OOK n.] Unpleasant, repellent; slimy. Chiefly in extended use: sickly, sentimental. Also: peculiar; unsettling. Cf. ICKY a. 1964 S. BELLOW Herzog (1965) 277 He writes poems and reads them to Mama... He looks ooky when he says them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted An ooky midquel Jackie 02/03/2006 2:56 AM Re: An ooky midquel tsuwm 02/03/2006 5:08 AM Re: An ooky midquel Buffalo Shrdlu 02/03/2006 9:58 AM Re: An ooky midquel Faldage 02/03/2006 10:40 AM Re: An ooky midquel maverick 02/03/2006 11:59 AM Re: An ooky midquel Faldage 02/03/2006 12:05 PM Re: An ooky midquel maverick 02/03/2006 12:07 PM Re: An ooky midquel Buffalo Shrdlu 02/03/2006 12:45 PM Re: An ooky midquel Myridon 02/03/2006 4:54 PM Re: altogether ooky zmjezhd 02/03/2006 5:34 PM A Dahl's House of the Rising Sun? Alex Williams 02/03/2006 6:03 PM Re: A Dahl's House of the Rising Sun? zmjezhd 02/03/2006 6:29 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,262 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 8 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 LukeJavan8 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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