_wonky_ = "shady"?

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Apr 17 04:08:30 UTC 2012


On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> That does sound very wonky

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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