erky
Erky is Australian slang for something gross, yucky, or just deeply off-putting — the kind of word that sounds slightly squeamish itself.
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Erky is Australian slang for something gross, yucky, or just deeply off-putting — the kind of word that sounds slightly squeamish itself. It's casual and conversational, perfectly suited to reactions like pulling a face at weird food or a messy situation. Sits comfortably alongside 'icky' and 'gross' in the vocabulary of everyday disgust.
There was this erky smell coming from the back of the fridge and nobody wanted to investigate.
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(AU, colloquial) Yucky, icky, repulsive.
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