pokey
A versatile slang word that can mean the total opposite depending on context.
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Evolution was created for the Pokey Mans anyway.
Nah no real reason why anyone would know what I was talking about😂 I just thought it was kind of funny cause he’s being so pokey lately walking.
pokey the penguin the animated series on disney plus
Reminds me of the Hitler dance school. No hokey pokey.
Definitions
A versatile slang word that can mean the total opposite depending on context. In everyday American English, pokey most often means annoyingly slow — a pokey driver, a pokey internet connection. In British slang it means cramped and tiny, like a pokey flat with no room to breathe. Flip it to car talk and in some UK circles it weirdly means fast or powerful. The slow/cramped meaning is far more common in modern usage, making this a slightly confusing little word with some regional personality.
Stop being so pokey — we're going to miss the entire first half if you don't speed up.
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of small volume, cramped (of a room, house).
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(slang, of a car) fast.
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(slang) slow.
“Nah no real reason why anyone would know what I was talking about😂 I just thought it was kind of funny cause he’s being so pokey lately walking.”
“Evolution was created for the Pokey Mans anyway.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Nah no real reason why anyone would know what I was talking about😂 I just thought it was kind of funny cause he’s being so pokey lately walking.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“pokey the penguin the animated series on disney plus”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Reminds me of the Hitler dance school. No hokey pokey.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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