Terms vs Narky - What's the difference?
terms | narky |
(UK, Australia, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
* 1995 , , The Cast Iron Shore , Granta, 1998,
* 2003 , Justine Larbalestier, A Buffy Confession'', Glenn Yeffeth (editor), ''Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show , BenBella Books, US,
* 2005 , Maxim Jakubowski (editor), The Best British Mysteries 2005 ,
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* 2008 , , Champagne Kisses ,
* 2008 , Claudia Carroll, Do You Want to Know a Secret? , Random House, UK,
As a noun terms
is .As an adjective narky is
(uk|australia|slang) irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.narky
English
Adjective
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- The war had made Stan narkier than ever.
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- I?m now one of those people I used to defend the show against. There is no one more bitter than an ex-true believer. Color me narky and picky.
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- It was a special request and Mrs. Fleming had to do it all on the spot, so that?s made her even more narky than usual.
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- Foolishly, I went to the National Right dinner last night. What a narky , miserable bunch of sods.
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- I had to endure the narkiest taxi driver complaining about ‘Foreign lads takin? taxi plates’, who then managed to test my patience even more by leaving me a good walk from Parker?s apartment block.
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- Age is definitely making me narkier . The only difference between me and my moany Auntie Maisie is a plaid shopping trolley and a tracheotomy.