ginchy = 'hinky; leery'

[Tom Zurinskas]

I remember "Baby you're the ginchiest"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ginchiest

Ginchiest  102 up, 8 down
 The attribute of being cool in the sense that others admire you for your apearance or actions or an object or situation that inspires those feelings. Popularized and possibly coined by actor Edd Byrnes as the character Kookie on the 77 Sunset Strip TV series.
"Baby, you're the ginchiest!"



Tom Zurinskas, first Ct 20 yrs, then Tn 3, NJ 33, Fl 9.
Learn the alphabet and sounds of US English at justpaste.it/ayk








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> 1994 Cheryl terHorst_Daily Herald_ (Chicago) (Dec. 20) II 1
> (NewspaperArchive): Everyone's a little ginchy about this one. See, it's
> kind of complicated. There are lots of thigh and cellulite creams on the
> market.
>
> 2000 Laura Bianchi in Ibid III 3 : If you're a bit ginchy about trying this
> product, you've probably already had it.
>
> 2003 Lorilynn Rackl in Ibid.(Oct. 27) III 1: But some physicians are ginchy
> about the potential long-term effects of using hormones.
>
> JL
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