trunky
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From trunk (“suitcase”) + -y.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ʌŋki
Adjective
[edit]trunky (comparative more trunky, superlative most trunky)
- (Mormonism, informal) homesick; said of Mormon missionaries
- 2003 July, Dallas H., Marjorie S. Bradford, “Helping from Home”, in Ensign[1]:
- This is normal, but don’t let your enthusiasm carry over too much into your letters. Your missionary needs to remain focused on serving the Lord and the people he or she has come to love. We knew a missionary who stopped reading his mother’s letters during the last few weeks of his mission because, as he said, “She is so trunky!”