awks

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English

Etymology

Clipping of awkward + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Adjective

awks (comparative more awks, superlative most awks)

  1. (slang) Awkward.
    Synonym: awk
    • 2024 September 23, Zoe Williams, “I bumped into Liz Truss at a school open day. It was super awks”, in The Guardian:
      We definitely did a panel on feminism together, maybe also a fringe event at a Tory conference. She [Liz Truss] probably wouldn’t remember those, but if she did, she would be able to make a fair summation of my feelings towards her, and that would be awkward – or, as the young people say, super awks.

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