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Joey vs Jokey - What's the difference?

joey | jokey |

As a noun joey

is the immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.

As a proper noun Joey

is a diminutive of the male given name Joe or Joseph.

As an adjective jokey is

an alternative spelling of lang=en.

joey

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.
  • The shorter word whose letters can be found within a kangaroo word.
  • * 1998 , Richard Lederer, Dave Morice, The Word Circus (page 129)
    • Among the kangaroo words that yield the most joviality and joy are those that conceal multiple joeys .
  • * 2005 , Anu Garg, Another Word a Day (page 132)
    • Sometimes a kangaroo word has more than one joey .

    References

    * (EtymOnLine) English terms with unknown etymologies

    jokey

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
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