Booky

//ˈbʊki// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bookish. dated
  2. 2
    Treacherous, snitchy, not trustworthy. Multicultural-London-English

    "Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody Hold that properly when I bang that dotty I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby"

  3. 3
    Strange, scary, suspicious. Multicultural-London-English

    "Everyone knows that feeling of walking into a room and the atmosphere being bare bookie but also calm. In this LA Beats produced track the boys reminisce on those rooms where you’re greeted by a combination of “bare weed smoke” and “wavy settings”."

Example

More examples

"Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody Hold that properly when I bang that dotty I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From book + -y.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from book (“to flee, leave hurriedly”) + -y.

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