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Hoaky vs Hokey - What's the difference?

hoaky | hokey | Alternative forms |

Hokey is a alternative form of hoaky.



As adjectives the difference between hoaky and hokey

is that hoaky is an alternative spelling of lang=en: phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived while hokey is phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.

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.

    hokey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hokie, hoaky, hoky

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
  • * When asked for his book report, Chad came up a series of hokier''' and '''hokier excuses, until he finally admitted that he hadn’t done it at all.
  • * I thought the bargain-priced windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging, but when they flew off the end of the wiper during a rainstorm, I knew for sure.
  • (US, colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental
  • * Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat, as Pat always chose hokey romantic comedies that made Terry want to gag.
  • Synonyms

    * (fake) phony * (sentimental) cheesy, corny, kitschy

    See also

    * hokey-cokey * hokey-pokey * hokeypokey * hokey-tokey