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Shacky vs Spacky - What's the difference?

shacky | spacky |

As adjectives the difference between shacky and spacky

is that shacky is run-down, like a shack while spacky is (uk|slang) clumsy or foolish; mentally or physically inept.

As a noun spacky is

(uk|slang) a clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person.

shacky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • run-down, like a shack
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 2, author=, title=Opening in September, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The décor will have “a shacky look,” Mr. Abrams said, and the menu will have seaside and raw bar specialties: 79 Macdougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 260-0100. }}

    spacky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (UK, slang) clumsy or foolish; mentally or physically inept
  • Noun

    (spackies)
  • (UK, slang) A clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person.