Browsing page 1 of new words for June 2, 1999

adjective

• boring.

  This party is bunk.

  • See more words with the same meaning: boring.

  Last edited on Jun 16 1997. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 16 1997.

• of poor quality; displeasing.

  This is bunk coffee.

  This cocaine is bunk.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Jun 16 1997. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 16 1997.

• Valueless, worthless.
  
  Attributed to Henry Ford who is alleged to have said that "History is more or less bunk."
  
  http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/24950.html

  Last edited on Dec 21 2010. Submitted by Lord Pleco from Canberra ACT, Australia on Dec 21 2010.

noun

• a covered up fact.
  
  de-bunk to remove the cover over the fact.

  Last edited on Jan 15 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 15 2013.

origin

• CC suggests that the term was first used by stoners to describe bad weed, and that its scope has since broadened to describe anything that is not as good as originally expected.

  Last edited on Jun 02 1999. Submitted by CC from WI, USA on Jun 02 1999.

adjective

• exhausted, not well.

  I feel really crunchy.

  • See more words with the same meaning: sick, ill.
  • See more words with the same meaning: tired.

  Last edited on Jul 01 1998. Submitted by Pris from Vero Beach, FL, USA on Jul 01 1998.

• to feel embarrassed after having done or said something that might cause another person emotional pain or embarrassment. The feeling of "having put one's foot in one's mouth."
  • See more words with the same meaning: embarrassment (related to).

  Last edited on Apr 22 1999. Submitted by Geoffrey from San Francisco, CA, USA on Apr 22 1999.

• hippie-esque; "all-natural". Refers to the crunch of granola, which (as goes the stereotype) hippies are likely to eat.

                                                                                                                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Brooklyn Without Limits", 30 Rock (TV, 2010), Season 5 Episode 7 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  
  Citation from "The Outsiders", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 6 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).

  Last edited on Aug 11 2011. Submitted by J.H.T. from Atlanta, GA, USA on Jun 02 1999.

• Parents. Goobette is an adult child of a Goob that has children of their own.

  Hey where did the goobs go?

  Last edited on Jun 02 1999. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 02 1999.

• a dork.

  She's acting like such a goob.

  Last edited on Oct 24 1999. Submitted by Betsey from USA on Oct 24 1999.

adjective

• hippie-esque; "all-natural". As goes the stereotype, hippies eat granola frequently.

  That chick with the hairy armpits is a little too granola for me.

  • See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).

  Last edited on Aug 11 2011. Submitted by J.H.T. from Atlanta, GA, USA on Jun 02 1999.

adjective

• used to describe a person, place, or thing that's excessively showy or extravagant.

  His Lexus is way too shi-shi.

  Your belt is very shishi.

  Last edited on Apr 15 2013. Submitted by J.H.T. from Atlanta, GA, USA on Jun 02 1999.

• to be very posh or decadent.

  She spent the day at that shi-shi spa.

  Last edited on May 02 2004. Submitted by Bartlett, C. on May 02 2004.