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   antwacky

   /anˈtwaki/

   adjective

   • 1. old-fashioned; out of date: informal Northern English "it's weird being on one of those antwacky trains where you have to reach out the window to open the door"

   Word Origin 1970s: Liverpudlian dialect; apparently a humorous alteration of antique, perhaps with a punning reference to wacky.

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4. wordhistories.net › 2021/06/12 › antwacky‘antwacky’: meaning and origin – word histories

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   Jun 12, 2021 · The British-English adjective antwacky means old-fashioned; out of date. ORIGIN OF ANTWACKY The adjective antwacky may be a humorous alteration of the adjective antique, perhaps punningly after the adjective wacky. Alternatively, antwacky may be derived from Ann Twack, rhyming slang for crap.

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   antwacky ( comparative more antwacky, superlative most antwacky) ( Liverpool) old-fashioned or out of date. Categories: English 3-syllable words. English terms with IPA pronunciation. English lemmas.

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   May 17, 2004 · Antwacky. Something that is old fashioned and out of date, eg. house decor or clothing ( scouse origin) Our kids pad is really antwacky.

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   Jul 17, 2016 · Antwacky. Used to describe something old fashioned, out of date or unstylish. This has evolved over the years as a play on the word ‘antique’. Geg

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