hoaky

See also: Hoa Kỳ

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably influenced by the spelling of hoax.

Adjective

hoaky (comparative hoakier, superlative hoakiest)

  1. Alternative spelling of hokey: phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived.
  2. Alternative spelling of hokey: corny; ridiculously sentimental.

Quotations
  • 1982, Ben Bradlee, The Ambush Murders, page 425:
    "This has got to be the hoakiest thing I ever heard of," Tennant thought at the time.

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