Highfalutin (adj)
hi-fal-oo-tin
seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious.
First recorded in 1830–40; high + falutin (perhaps originally flutin, variant of fluting, present participle of flute )
Example sentences
“He’s been highfalutin round the place, thinking he’s in charge.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
