dodgy
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) and unreliable.
Seen in the wild
Nothing about Farage's dodgy dealings? This is becoming a pattern, babe.
Dodgy released their new album Hello Beautiful this week, with the original lineup. Terrorvision still out there performing.
Why is LBC not talking about the antisemitic images released in the paper's? #lbc double standards? Dodgy owners? I am disappointed to say the least!
For most of us there is only one. A mortgage. Dodgy.
Time to talk about his dodgy drug company…
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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) and unreliable.
“Time to talk about his dodgy drug company…”
“Nothing about Farage's dodgy dealings? This is becoming a pattern, babe.”
“Why is LBC not talking about the antisemitic images released in the paper's? #lbc double standards? Dodgy owners? I am disappointed to say the least!”
Never listen to dodgy advice.
“Nothing about Farage's dodgy dealings? This is becoming a pattern, babe.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Dodgy released their new album Hello Beautiful this week, with the original lineup. Terrorvision still out there performing.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Why is LBC not talking about the antisemitic images released in the paper's? #lbc double standards? Dodgy owners? I am disappointed to say the least!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“For most of us there is only one. A mortgage. Dodgy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Time to talk about his dodgy drug company…”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) and shifty.
“I've said it before and I’ll say it again… The British mainstream media and Farage are part of Britain’s Fifth Column, they're one and the same, and hence the silence on Farage’s dodgy £5m bribe to be an MP from a Thai-based crypto crook.”
“Can't stand Chelsea or Man City. Both owe their success to dodgy money, and I remember when they were shit.”
“It was the Tories that "splurged" money during Covid Badenoch - to your mates for dodgy contracts. #r4today”
Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.
“Also, Hartley Hare, dodgy at best.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've said it before and I’ll say it again… The British mainstream media and Farage are part of Britain’s Fifth Column, they're one and the same, and hence the silence on Farage’s dodgy £5m bribe to be an MP from a Thai-based crypto crook.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Can't stand Chelsea or Man City. Both owe their success to dodgy money, and I remember when they were shit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It was the Tories that "splurged" money during Covid Badenoch - to your mates for dodgy contracts. #r4today”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just did yesterday's Couch to 5K between marking assignments, and it's definitely much easier without a heavy rucksack and a dodgy knee.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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