sparky
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Sparky¹
Where it comes from
From the adjective sparky (“lively, animated”).
proper noun
- A nickname for a person who is lively and animated. You should keep working, driving for whatever goal you have your eye on, while at the same time avoiding a tip over into a workaholic relapse. How? By becoming a manager, Sparky. The purpose of management is to make other people do the things that need doing, so you can think about strategy and leav
- A name for a pet, traditionally especially a dog, with similar connotations.
sparky²
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ki
adjective sparkier · sparkiest
- Lively and animated. 1986 July, Texas Monthly, page 103, Anthony's certainly hasn′t achieved the consistent level of Tony′s, but the menu is sparkier, more up to the minute.
- Resembling or characteristic of an electrical spark. […] a sparky sound too. A little high-pitched crack.
noun sparkies
- A radio operator. The headlines ground out big and black at home, but by the time they had gone out on the Fleet broadcast circuits, been picked out of the air by Mr. Woodside′s sparkies in the radio shack, whacked onto a stencil and run through a mimeograph machine by Harry Dolliver, they were not nearly so impressi
- An electrician. […]the manager of one of the largest hotels, also a committee member ‘let it be known that sparkies working for the hotel should be involved in the programme. The next day saw three very keen contractors ring us up to enrol.’
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Talk about this word "sparky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sparky. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sparky. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sparky "sparky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sparky.
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@misc{sparky_2026,
title = {sparky},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sparky},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
