hoaky

See also: Hoa Kỳ

English

Alternative forms

• hokey, hokie, hoky

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.

Anagrams

• OK yah, khoya