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Fusty vs Festy - What's the difference?

fusty | festy |

As adjectives the difference between fusty and festy

is that fusty is moldy or musty while festy is (australia|slang) disgusting.

As a noun festy is

a festival.

fusty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Moldy or musty.
  • Stale-smelling or stuffy.
  • (figuratively, by extension) old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
  • (of wine) Tasting of the cask.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "fusty")

    Derived terms

    * fustily * fustiness

    festy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (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... :) citation
  • * {{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. citation
  • * {{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... citation
  • Very bad, dreadful.

    • Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (festies)
  • 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! citation