WONKY

PRONUNCIATION: (WONG-kee)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Unreliable; unsteady; not working properly.
2. Concerned with minute details in a field; nerdy.

ETYMOLOGY: For 1: Of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Old English wancol (unsteady).Earliest documented use: 1919.
For 2: Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to the first term or the term wanky. Earliest documented use: 1978.
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ZONKY - narcoleptic

"WON" KEY - a "you-lose" shortcut for text messages

WON'TY - two years old and generally negative; synonym of SHAN'TY