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@sacredanarchy.bsky.social yeah no... Fake account no posts of their own, no pic but dogs types like they English is iffy. Following 5 k people but hardly responds except to not message them, so they can prove they ar…
@playhistory.bsky.social is that the first? I'm always so iffy on definitions
Oh! Happy gardening 😊 The P. somniferum are quite iffy to grow and the seedlings are very delicate. One snail can destroy everything in a matter of minutes 🫣 It has been hit and miss for me, the white ones came ba…
Let me refer you back to what Sloane wrote: “platner went on a nazi podcast like last month and getting a nazi tattoo is not an 'iffy decision'.” You are correct in that this is really what it’s all about. If 1 pers…
No stream tonight -_- Throat has been iffy all day, and I don't wanna risk hurting it if I can help it. SEE YA'LL THURSDAY FOR YAKUZA 0!!
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Uncertain or chancy; risky.
“I hate to like this post but I very reluctantly agree. I do think there's a runway. But until I see the runway it's still iffy.”
“Happy for them, though! But a little iffy about it. Obviously, I could just not watch it. But we are in a time where the internet is everywhere so I will definitely see screenshots/clips of the characters & have that ruin the image I had in my mind already, haha.”
“i gotta get some recs for the good shit when it comes to mechsploitation stuff, cause I've largely avoided it for these exact reasons, i want the good stuff but the stuff I've read has been just, really iffy and uncomfortable in a way that doesnt seem self aware”
The weather is still iffy for Saturday's rocket launch.
“No stream tonight -_- Throat has been iffy all day, and I don't wanna risk hurting it if I can help it. SEE YA'LL THURSDAY FOR YAKUZA 0!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I hate to like this post but I very reluctantly agree. I do think there's a runway. But until I see the runway it's still iffy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Happy for them, though! But a little iffy about it. Obviously, I could just not watch it. But we are in a time where the internet is everywhere so I will definitely see screenshots/clips of the characters & have that ruin the image I had in my mind already, haha.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i gotta get some recs for the good shit when it comes to mechsploitation stuff, cause I've largely avoided it for these exact reasons, i want the good stuff but the stuff I've read has been just, really iffy and uncomfortable in a way that doesnt seem self aware”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I was a bit iffy about romance novels for a chunk of my 20s. In my defense, I had not yet discovered the sapphic ones. 🤷🏻♀️ (In my teens I was all in on Georgette Heyer. In retrospect, preferring less … er … description(?) makes a ton of sense. 😉)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(slang) Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
He's selling new CD players for £20 each – that sounds a bit iffy to me.
"iffy" means: Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"iffy" means: Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“@sacredanarchy.bsky.social yeah no... Fake account no posts of their own, no pic but dogs types like they English is iffy. Following 5 k people but hardly responds except to not message them, so they can prove they aren't real?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“@playhistory.bsky.social is that the first? I'm always so iffy on definitions”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oh! Happy gardening 😊 The P. somniferum are quite iffy to grow and the seedlings are very delicate. One snail can destroy everything in a matter of minutes 🫣 It has been hit and miss for me, the white ones came back in 2018-2020 but I lost all of them last year.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Let me refer you back to what Sloane wrote: “platner went on a nazi podcast like last month and getting a nazi tattoo is not an 'iffy decision'.” You are correct in that this is really what it’s all about. If 1 person sits down with a Nazi then you’re looking at 2 Nazis.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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