different between sooky vs nooky

English

Alternative forms

• sookey
• sukey

Etymology

sook +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

sooky (comparative sookier or more sooky, superlative sookiest or most sooky)

1. (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
   • 2006, Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods, page 189,

     Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.

2. (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.
   • 1978, J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia, page 48,

     Sentimentalists and political quacks have devoted much time to convincing the sookier twentieth century that nineteenth century New World penitentiaries were choked with near-blameless stealers of one teaspoon, one handkerchief, one loaf of bread.

   • 1999, Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home, page 138,

     Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest, purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.

   • 2009, Evan McHugh. Birdsville, 2011, ReadHowYouWant, page 139,

     Our trepidation at being savaged by a vicious pig dog was soon allayed, however. He turned out to be the sookiest dog on earth. All he wanted in life was a pet or a cuddle, preferably both.

Noun

sooky (plural sookies)

1. A sook, a crybaby.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

nooky (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of nookie

Etymology 2

nook +? -y

Adjective

nooky (comparative nookier, superlative nookiest)

1. Like a nook; small and secluded or cosy.
   • 1901, Modern Cemetery (volumes 10-11, page 164)

     […] it may be a little seat in a nooky place, a spring under a tree, a bit of walk by the brookside or a vista amongst the trees.

   • 1909, Edward Payson Powell, The Country Home (page 1053)

     And so you will find that his whole orchard is a quaint and nooky place where one may not only pick apples, but may saunter and rest.