Feb 13, 2018 · This meaning of pokey is given by MacMillan Dictionary (American) moving or doing something very slowly, in a way that is annoying. This pokey computer is driving me crazy! So the …

Apr 28, 2017 · I suspect she was making an allusion to the song/dance The Hokey Pokey where, at least in the US version, you "put your right foot in, you put your right foot out," etc.

Apr 9, 2015 · What does the word "hooky" mean in the phrase "play hooky" (skipping class/truancy) and where did it come from?

Jun 4, 2016 · In northern Ireland the Ice cream man is called a Pokey man and you get poke from him -It could refer back to the fact that there was a circular bar of Ice cream, with a 'paper card' wrapped …

Jan 7, 2013 · I remember seeing such a word before, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I'm googling and having no luck. The classic web comic Pokey the Penguin used this technique quite …

Conversate: To converse, to participate in a conversation. My parents conversate with me over dinner every night. Is this a word? Spell check says no, but I have heard it used.

I've heard a few people (all native English speakers) recently use "otay" in place of "okay", both in writing and when speaking. Where does that word come from? For that matter, is it a word at all...

Jul 12, 2016 · Is there a language-related reason why the word has an accent on the "é"? The Japanese for Pokémon is "ポケモン" (pokemon), so it's not to represent a long vowel.

Oct 14, 2018 · If you do the hokey pokey, you’re doing the hokey-pokey dance. The hyphens tie the words together, so that the hokey-pokey dance is distinguishable from (say) a hokey dance being …

Nov 2, 2021 · If it's just grammar that you're concerned about, note that people can "do" the hokey pokey. Just about any verb would be grammatical in that position - run, present, share, etc.