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English
Etymology 1
From book + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
booky (comparative bookier, superlative bookiest)
- (dated) Bookish.
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Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Adjective
booky (comparative bookier, superlative bookiest)
- (MLE) Treacherous, snitchy, not trustworthy.
2017, “Next Up?”, Digga D (lyrics), performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y):Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin
They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody
Hold that properly when I bang that dotty
I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby
- (MLE) Strange, scary, suspicious.
2017 March 25, Trudy Barry, “1st Listen Review: Section Boyz' 'Soundcheck' mixtape”, in GRM Daily:Everyone knows that feeling of walking into a room and the atmosphere being bare bookie but also calm. In this LA Beats produced track the boys reminisce on those rooms where you’re greeted by a combination of “bare weed smoke” and “wavy settings”.
2018, M. A. Bennett, The Island, London: Hot Key Books, →ISBN, page unknown:I didn't want to verbalise my fears about a polar bear in the woods, because I would sound like a fruitloop. / Then Flora spoke up. ‘Selkirk's got a point.’ / ‘Yeah,’ agreed Turk of all people, ‘that jungle is bare booky, fam.’
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