achy-breaky

adjective

ˈā-kē-ˈbrā-kē 

informal : achingly sad : achy

In one video, he turned himself into an ad-campaign cowboy singing achy-breaky songs, satirizing Nashville while also twanging his heart out.

—Blake Gopnik, Washington Post, 19 May 2008

Word History

Etymology

achy + (heart)break(ing) + -y entry 1

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

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