hoaky
See also: Hoa Kỳ
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably influenced by the spelling of hoax.
Adjective
hoaky (comparative hoakier, superlative hoakiest)
- Alternative spelling of hokey: phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived.
- 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.