Pinky vs Linky - What's the difference?
pinky | linky |
Pinkish.
* Edward Lear, , 1871:
(uncountable, historical, slang, Australia) Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 262:
A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.
(offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A white person.
The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.
* 2003 , Billoo Badhshah, The Unofficial Joke Book Of Australia ,
(informal) Of or pertaining to hyperlinks.
* 2008 , Dori Smith, Dreamweaver CS4 for Windows and Macintosh (page 68)
As adjectives the difference between pinky and linky
is that pinky is pinkish while linky is (informal) of or pertaining to hyperlinks.As a noun pinky
is (uncountable|historical|slang|australia) methylated spirits mixed with red wine or condy's crystals or pinky can be the smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.pinky
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)- In a pinky paper all folded neat,
- And they fastened it down with a pin.
Noun
(pinkies)- “Here,” Nigel greeted him, “do try a spot of ‘pinky ,’ it's ever so much fun, really.”
Etymology 2
From (etyl) pinkjeNoun
(pinkies)page 126,
- Everyday as he passes them, the hookers wave at him with their pinkies and say, “Hi there, little boy!”
Alternative forms
* pinkieDerived terms
* pinky ring, pinky swear/pinky-swear, pinky promise/pinky-promiseSynonyms
* (smallest finger or toe) little finger, pinky finger, pinky toe, little piggy, digit V, fifth digit (-)See also
* (wikipedia) English ethnic slurslinky
English
Adjective
(-)- You'll see how to add links to either text or graphics and lots of other linky goodness.