manky

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English

Etymology

From mank +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæŋki/
  • Rhymes: -æŋki
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Adjective

manky (comparative mankier, superlative mankiest)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
    • 2005, Justin Peter Beaney, Kasdeja's Children:
      "He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky."
    • 2010, Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky:
      "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."
    • 2016 December 3, Millie B (lyrics and music), “Soph Aspin Send”, performed by Millie B:
      I bet your fanny's fucking minging / Sort out your manky Scouse brow
  2. (Antarctica, slang) Being or having bad weather.
    Synonym: mank
    Antonym: dingle
    • 2007, The Spectator, volume 305, numbers 9342-9350, page 44:
      On that occasion, we left Punta Arenas blue-eyed shags beat their way across the icy waves; when you glimpse at close quarters as I did one manky morning in the Lemaire Channel the blurred shape of a humpback whale […]

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