Mafting (adj) (northern English)
maf-ting
(of the weather or a place) uncomfortably or oppressively hot.
1990s: origin unknown; compare earlier mafted.
Example sentences
“This heatwave is killing me off, it’s absolutely mafting in here!”
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…)
