_wonky_ = "shady"?

[Dan Goncharoff]

I understand "wonky" as "not quite right", ie, a cause for suspicion, not
necessarily a judgment of character.

DanG


On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > That does sound very wonky
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> You agree, then, that _winky) *is* being used to mean "shady"?  So,
> why, then, did you ask for a context for the use?
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