funky

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
funky
    adj 1: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen
           smelled really funky" [syn: {fetid}, {foetid}, {foul},
           {foul-smelling}, {funky}, {noisome}, {smelly},
           {stinking}, {ill-scented}]
    2: (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues [syn:
       {funky}, {low-down}]
    3: stylish and modern in an unconventional way; "she likes funky
       clothes"; "we did it all in black and white in a very funky
       sixties style"
    4: in a state of cowardly fright
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Funky \Funk"y\ (f[u^][ng]k"[y^]), a.
   Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking;
   having great fear. [Colloq. Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Funky \Funk"y\ (f[u^][ng]k"[y^]), n.
   having an earthy, unsophisticated style or feeling; in
   (Music), earthy and seemingly unsophisticated, having
   elements of black American blues and gospel. See 2nd {funk},
   n.
   [PJC]
from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
funky
 adj.

   Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey
   way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious
   non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. The
   more bugs something has that nobody has bothered to fix because
   workarounds are easier, the funkier it is. {TECO} and UUCP are funky.
   The Intel i860's exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most
   standards acquire funkiness as they age. "The new mailer is installed,
   but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your mail for no reason,
   try resubmitting it." "This UART is pretty funky. The data ready line
   is active-high in interrupt mode and active-low in DMA mode."
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
funky

   Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange,
   {kluge}y way.  It does the job and would be difficult to
   change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone.  Often
   used to describe interfaces.  The more bugs something has that
   nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the
   funkier it is.  {TECO} and {UUCP} are funky.  The {Intel}
   {i860}'s exception handling is extraordinarily funky.  Most
   standards acquire funkiness as they age.  "The new mailer is
   installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your
   mail for no reason, try resubmitting it."  "This {UART} is
   pretty funky.  The data ready line is active-high in interrupt
   mode and active-low in {DMA} mode."

   [{Jargon File}]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "funky":
      afraid, atrabiliar, atrabilious, bad, bad-smelling, blue, chicken,
      chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, cowed, daunted, dismayed,
      fainthearted, fearful, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty, frowsy, frowy,
      frowzy, fulsome, funking, fusty, gamy, graveolent, henhearted,
      high, ill-smelling, intimidated, lily-livered, malodorous,
      melancholic, melancholy, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed,
      mildewy, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, moldy, mousy, musty,
      nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorous, offensive, olid, overtimid,
      overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pensive, pigeonhearted, putrid,
      rabbity, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, reechy, reeking, reeky,
      repulsive, rotten, sissified, sissy, smellful, smelling, smelly,
      soft, stale, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, timid,
      timorous, tristful, unmanly, unmanned, vile, weak, weak-kneed,
      weakhearted, white-livered, wistful, yellow
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