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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
Contrasting animal prints, vibrant colors, funky coffee tables, and decorative area rugs will evoke a sense of maximalism in your home.
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Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
His thumping drums require elaborate sound systems; his basslines are shiny yet still funky; his sample flips bring new life out of throwbacks.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
The result is a gently sparkling wine, which can express funkier flavors thanks to the natural yeasts.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 9 Dec. 2024
Espace Niemeyer, the funky headquarters of the French Communist Party in Paris, was host to an event Thursday night that incited materialist proclivities.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024
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Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
His thumping drums require elaborate sound systems; his basslines are shiny yet still funky; his sample flips bring new life out of throwbacks.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
The result is a gently sparkling wine, which can express funkier flavors thanks to the natural yeasts.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 9 Dec. 2024
Espace Niemeyer, the funky headquarters of the French Communist Party in Paris, was host to an event Thursday night that incited materialist proclivities.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024
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Her material consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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Red One seemed like a bizarre experiment, some sort of action film-adjacent Santa Claus movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans that almost seemed to be a sort of parody of itself.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The flavors were familiar and comfortable together and also representative of the shoulder between winter and spring when citrus is still ripe, but plants are starting to flower and herbs are new again.Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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State of play: Health administrative tasks are ripe for AI interruption, with several startups raising funds this year.Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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Watch out for appearances from awesome real-life funny people like Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman and Aubrey Plaza in this super-funny-yet-super-sad gem.Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Remus said the family is leaning into God to cope with the tragedy — along with being OK with laughter when remembering happy or funny moments.Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
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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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These are strange, unqualified people whose already worrisome scandals seem to have their own sub-scandals.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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But in the spirit of offering a teaser, Blair Fell’s novel follows two best friends who spend the summer of 1989 at the titular gay vacation destination only to fall in with some strange house cleaners who turn out to be part of a coven.Sally Tamarkin, Them, 23 Dec. 2024
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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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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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The industry is in a weird place, people are really hesitant to take chances on things ... who knows, maybe one day.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The salad is vegetal and luxe and weird, a bright spot in an otherwise underlit room.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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As such, narratives published in the magazine presented towns under British control, such as Ipoh, as modern and progressive, while neighboring cities like Bangkok in Siam or Palembang in the Dutch East Indies were depicted as disorderly, dirty, unsafe, and disgusting.H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Dec. 2024
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Despite the disgusting chaos of it all, what was notable about Webster's video was that, in spite of it all, he could be seen laughing by the end of the clip.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Funky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funky. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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