Sucky vs Ducky - What's the difference?
sucky | ducky |
(slang) Being something which sucks, which is unpleasant or lacks value.
*2002 R. Jay Driskill: Necropolis: A Collection of Spectres [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595238939&id=oK5O8Mp5UeAC&pg=RA1-PA65&lpg=RA1-PA65&ots=V7UHvfqVAw&dq=%22Who%27s+isn%27t+sucky,+you+ask%3F+Mine%27s+exceedingly+sucky%22&sig=5F4GYYY4RZ5gfTyNsMcvKywGAp4]
A pacifier.
(slang, archaic) Great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.
* 1930 ,
*1942 , ,
A pet name used affectionately.
(childish) A duck (aquatic bird).
* 1990 , Donna LeBlanc, You can't quit until you know what's eating you
As adjectives the difference between sucky and ducky
is that sucky is being something which sucks, which is unpleasant or lacks value while ducky is great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.As nouns the difference between sucky and ducky
is that sucky is a pacifier while ducky is a pet name used affectionately.sucky
English
Adjective
(er)- That comedian was pretty sucky on TV last night.
- My mother-in-law. Who's (SIC) isn't sucky', you ask? Mine's exceedingly ' sucky . More than average I'd say. She tries to turn my wife and kids against me...
Noun
(suckies)See also
* sucky sucky/sucky-suckyAnagrams
*ducky
English
(ducky)Adjective
(en adjective)- Farnesworth smiled contentedly as he read the stock ticker; all was ducky on Wall Street.
- Isn't this the duckiest little leather skirt you ever saw?
The Catbird Seat:
- Fortunately, she had bragged to everybody about her ducky first-floor apartment in the perfectly darling three-story red-brick.
Synonyms
* fine * peachy * swellNoun
(duckies)- "Morning, ducky !" said Roderick, as he gave his partner a quick peck on the cheek and sat down to breakfast.
- Do little things for your Inner Child, like taking bubble baths. Invite a rubber ducky to play with you...