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wonky

[wong-kee] / ˈwɒŋ ki /


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Campaigners devastated at its demise named the site Camp Wonky but tensions boiled over at the weekend, witnesses said.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

“CSI New York” > “Kooky Wonky Rices”: How to prepare the world’s most common grain in the weirdest ways.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

Wonky timing is a central theme of “Girls5eva.”

From New York Times • May 24, 2021

Wonky, professional and grounded in decades of staff work in the obscure world of Washington budget politics, Lew’s reputation is decidedly undramatic. 

From Time • Jan. 10, 2013

Grimes - Visions Tribes - Baby LV - Sebenza Orbital - Wonky “So pregnant you want to give it your seat on the bus.”

From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2012



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