Westy vs Festy - What's the difference?
westy | festy |
(obsolete) Waste; desert.
(dialectal) Dizzy, giddy, confused.
(Australia, slang) Disgusting.
* {{quote-newsgroup
, title=I'm able to admit it when I fuck up
, group=aus.politics
, author=Brian S
, date=September 10
, year=1997
, passage=God knows I've had my fair share of festy flatmates who started out all sweetness and light... :)
* {{quote-newsgroup
, title=Wheres My Bangles Track!!!?
, group=aus.culture.gothic
, author=Hobbes
, date=June 14
, year=2000
, passage=I wish I went to Blue Monday, I wanna go back to Wall St, I miss Wall St damnit. The sucken dancefloor, the space under the pin ball machine, the festy toilets, the railings, the venue.
* {{quote-newsgroup
, title=[MELB] Come live with me...
, group=aus.culture.gothic
, author=solitaire
, date=August 28
, year=2000
, passage=So, the festy scrag is packing up and pissing off...
Very bad, dreadful.
A festival.
* {{quote-newsgroup
, title=CHAOS ENGINE SPAMBLAST, 26/07/02
, group=alt.gothic.music
, author=Lee H
, date=July 26
, year=2002
, passage=Keeping that festy vibe going, we've just been promoted to headline act for the REBIRTH festival this weekend in Cardiff!
As adjectives the difference between westy and festy
is that westy is (obsolete) waste; desert or westy can be (dialectal) dizzy, giddy, confused while festy is (australia|slang) disgusting.As a noun festy is
a festival.westy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) westi, . See (l).Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
Origin obscure. Probably from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)- Whiles he lies wallowing, with a westy head — Joseph Hall.
festy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
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Etymology 2
FromNoun
(festies)citation