hokey
(US, colloquial) Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
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Trump stuck doing this mindless hokey cokey.
Playing a great game of Hokey Cokey!!!
So how does this hokey shit work, exactly? If he pulls through, does he get "last" rites AGAIN when the Reaper does finally come for him? I'm so confused...
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(US, colloquial) Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
“Trump stuck doing this mindless hokey cokey.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Playing a great game of Hokey Cokey!!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“So how does this hokey shit work, exactly? If he pulls through, does he get "last" rites AGAIN when the Reaper does finally come for him? I'm so confused...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Uncluded - Hokey Fright uncluded.bandcamp.com/album/hokey-...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, colloquial) Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
I thought the windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging.
“Your unpopular opinion(s) about Hokey Wolf”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Has anyone else noticed how unfunny and unclever all of Trump’s Truth Social memes are? Good Grief! Such hokey uninaginative tripe! One dull moron!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Reminds me of the Hitler dance school. No hokey pokey.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Watching trailers for new Taylor Sheridan shows is so jarring cause it'll be 30 seconds of landscapes and hokey dialogue, and all of a sudden, a three-time Academy Award winner just shows up out of nowhere in a supporting role.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“worming on roscoe also. the one thing i have for them for sure is like, being a spirit medium. not in the hokey sense either, like pruning back all the goofy spirit medium stuff? they just see ghosts.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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