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keelie

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?ki?li/

Noun

keelie (plural keelies)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A sparrowhawk or kestrel.
  2. (Scotland, Northern England) A common or violent urban youth.
    • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 64:
      That was what she said if it was Glasgow people, Oh they are just keelies.

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feelie

English

Etymology

feel +? -ie: in the video game sense, introduced by the game publisher Infocom in the 1980s.

Noun

feelie (plural feelies)

  1. (science fiction) A proposed future entertainment, akin to a film/movie, where the audience can physically feel what happens to the characters.
  2. (video games) An additional physical item packaged with a game (usually interactive fiction) to immerse the player in the game world and provide hints to solving the game.

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