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Hoagy vs Hoaky - What's the difference?

hoagy | hoaky |

As a noun hoagy

is a sandwich made on a long bun; submarine sandwich.

As an adjective hoaky is

an alternative spelling of lang=en: phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived.

hoagy

English

Alternative forms

*hoagie

Noun

(hoagies)
  • (Pennsylvania) A sandwich made on a long bun; submarine sandwich.

    • hoaky

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hokey, hokie, hoky

    Adjective

    (er)
  • : phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived
  • : 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.