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Sooky vs Rooky - What's the difference?

sooky | rooky |

As adjectives the difference between sooky and rooky

is that sooky is (australia|newfoundland|new zealand|slang) complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous while rooky is full of rooks.

As a noun sooky

is a sook, a crybaby.

sooky

English

Alternative forms

* sookey * sukey

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
  • * 2006 , Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods , page 189,
    • Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.
  • * 1978 , J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia , page 48,
    • Sentimentalists and political quacks have devoted much time to convincing the sookier twentieth century that nineteenth century New World penitentiaries were choked with near-blameless stealers of one teaspoon, one handkerchief, one loaf of bread.
  • * 1999 , Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home , page 138,
    • Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest , purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.
  • * 2009 , Evan McHugh. Birdsville , 2011, ReadHowYouWant, page 139,
    • Our trepidation at being savaged by a vicious pig dog was soon allayed, however. He turned out to be the sookiest dog on earth. All he wanted in life was a pet or a cuddle, preferably both.

    Noun

    (sookies)
  • A sook, a crybaby.

    • rooky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • full of rooks
  • misty; gloomy.