Talk:jinky

Slang?

This is a slang term, correct, and one that is used only regionally? If so, that should be noted in the entry. 71.66.97.228 14:21, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

It sounds slangy to me, and I didn't see any cites outside UK and Ireland. Maybe I can add (not used outside UK) to the entry. --Mat200 14:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

The term's vintage/first documented uses should probably be added as well. 71.66.97.228 14:40, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Right, how would I find them, then? --Mat200 14:46, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I've never heard of this term before. I usually start with Google Books and limit to specific date ranges. 71.66.97.228 14:54, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

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Tagged anonymously but not listed.​—msh210℠ (talk) 07:46, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

• I've added the following three quotations from online newspapers. Are they valid? I don't like the third quotation from John O'Groat Journal, but that's just because I've never heard of that newspaper before. --Mat200 09:25, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

1. • 1999 Irish Independent - Bell rings warning over Leslie

     He's also quite jinky off his feet. He steps through tackles and offloads there are no frills. He brings other players into the game.

   • 2006, Telegraph - Tevez must sharpen up before axe needs to fall

     Coming out second best then, he then tried a jinky dribble from right to left, only to find McCann standing in his way again.

   • 2007 John O'Groat Journal - Millbank Man o' Steel event brings season to a close

     Darren was the smallest on the pitch he is certainly not fazed by the bigger lads and his jinky runs regularly stretched the opposition to the limit

• • Online papers are not durably acrhived. Have these same articles appeared in print, in papers that are in libraries somewhere?​—msh210℠ (talk) 11:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
    • I guess this question is for me. I have no idea if they appeared in print, sorry. Do you have any idea how I can find out? I'll hazard a guess that the Irish Independent and Telegraph appeared in print. Can we use nicknames as valid references? I'm thinking about the Celtic footballer Jimmy Johnstone, nicknamed Jinky, because of his zigzaggy runs down the wing. --Mat200 13:22, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
      • A bit of online research will often tell you. (Of course, microfilm works, too, but I have only once resorted to that AFAIR.) The 1999 Irish Independent cite was in print: [1]. (The only information I got from that that's not at [2] is that the article was on page 20, FYI.)​—msh210℠ (talk) 15:17, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
      • Re Johnstone: Yeah, google news archive:"jimmy johnstone" "jinky because|for" might help demonstrate that that's really why he was called that.​—msh210℠ (talk) 15:26, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I've added two more quotations, from books. That makes this cited. - -sche (discuss) 18:31, 24 June 2011 (UTC)