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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
a funky antique shop that reflects the owner's decidedly eccentric taste
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as in ripe
having an unpleasant smell
a funky pair of old socks lying on the locker room floor
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Recent Examples of funky
Located on the northern edge of downtown Orlando across from Lake Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe Village (along North Orange Avenue and Virginia Drive) is a funky, bohemian village packed with more than 40 boutiques, shops, and restaurants.
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Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
The spring break destination also showcases its funkier side with an array of colorful bars and restaurants sprinkled among the condos and hotels.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Keith Harris, known as DJ Deckard, is part of Space Cowboys — the collective responsible for the funky, experimental and drum-driven rhythms playing across the dance floor.
—Nadia Lopez, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Stroh’s Ice Cream, a Detroit ice cream company that closed in 2007, is widely credited with inventing the funky flavor.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2024
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Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
The spring break destination also showcases its funkier side with an array of colorful bars and restaurants sprinkled among the condos and hotels.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Keith Harris, known as DJ Deckard, is part of Space Cowboys — the collective responsible for the funky, experimental and drum-driven rhythms playing across the dance floor.
—Nadia Lopez, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Stroh’s Ice Cream, a Detroit ice cream company that closed in 2007, is widely credited with inventing the funky flavor.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funky
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By Judy Berman January 17, 2025 6:00 AM EST The spectacular finale of Severance’s first season introduced a love triangle more bizarre than New Order could ever have imagined.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Duran Duran has paid tribute to the late American filmmaker David Lynch, whose brilliant and bizarre films laid the inspirational groundwork for a young Nick Rhodes.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
17 Jan. 2025
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Superfan Jack Hoffman Tragically Passes Away at 19 Notre Dame plays a ton of man-to-man, which is ripe for Ohio State's offense.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Neighbors used to wait until the fruit was ripe, then come knocking on the front door, practically begging to pick from the trees.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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The scene perfectly captures the absurdity of Toya throwing a party for her first Birkin—made even funnier by the group’s collective indifference.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
20 Jan. 2025
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Read: Does Dave Chappelle find anything funnier than being cancelled?—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2025
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This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2019
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Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.—
Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
16 Dec. 2019
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Their release marks just the latest twist in a long, strange road for both extremist leaders.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Paleontologists have known something strange happened between the end of the Triassic Period and the beginning of the Jurassic for the better part of a century.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
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There’s also the weird dynamic between Calgary ownership and their former GM Brad Treliving, which could make a deal difficult.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Skip to main content Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about reads.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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My TikTok really blew up somewhere between my videos taste-testing a really disgusting medication and my series about dating.—
Brooke Eby,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Billions Of Jellyfish Wash Up On Beach By Jess Thomson Science Reporter 1 A plague of bizarre and disgusting balls that have washed up along popular beaches in Australia have been found to contain fecal bacteria.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Funky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funky. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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