Like most bloggers I use words.
Some are easy, and they play nice. Some are a little slippery around the edges and harder to get a handle on. Like skeevy. I’ve tried using this word a few times, and recently someone asked me what it means. I started, “I think it means . . .” and that kind of made me realize that . . . I don’t really know for sure if it really means what I think. Skeevy isn’t good, I know that for sure. But what if it’s a lot worse than I think it is??
So I looked up skeevy. Dictionary.com (the source of all knowledge) says, Skeevy (adj) means “sleazy and disgusting.” OK. Good so far. Then it gives an example, “That butterface sure looks skeevy.”
Okayyy . . . what’s a butterface?? So I looked up butterface, but there’s no entry. So now do I really now anything more than when I started?
On to skanky. I kind of thought this means about the same as skeevy. Except . . . maybe a little worse? Looked up Skanky next. It means “ugly & repellent; usually said of a woman.” OK, so that’s not good. But which is worse? Skanky? Or skeevy?
I’m thinking skanky sounds worse to me. Would you rather be “sleazy and disgusting” instead of “ugly and repellent?” Ugh, they’re both pretty bad! But skanky mentioned “usually said of a woman.” That makes it worse. Because she’s not going to forget. I am figuring that if you call a guy sleazy (or worse yet, call his ride sleazy) he’ll get mad and swear some bad stuff at you. Then again, he might laugh.
But if you call a woman skanky you are in a world of trouble. Especially, if she is!
Then there is perv. Or pervy. I am thinking “perverted,” which can be bad. But that can also be good, right? It’s like sick. “His game was sick!” So he had a good game, right?
“Their lead singer is perverted!” That has to be a compliment! But what about, “Their lead singer is a perv!” So . . . is he incarcerated, or what? What if, “Their lead singer is pervy!” I’m starting to get dizzy.
So I looked up perv and pervy. Right. Not listed. That’s perverted!
