pukey

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pukey

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From puke + -y. Compare German Low German pukig (“sickly, unhealthy, ailing”).

adjective pukier · pukiest · puky

informal Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc. The walls in this abandoned waiting area were painted a pukey orange, compounding the feeling of queasiness I'd had since breakfast.
informal Inclined to vomit; sick. His heart was thumping harder than ever, and it was impossible to tell if the sickish, pukey feeling deep down in his belly was relief or terror.
informal Vile; contemptible. Biocky, unimaginative, and the pukey colour scheme has you searching out those Blues Brothers sun-glasses you bought on holiday last year, just before they went out of fashion.

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adj vile

Deutsch	heruntergekommen, mitgenommen

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@misc{pukey_2026,
  title = {pukey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pukey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}