different between tackie vs tankie

English

Etymology

Unknown. Thought to derive from Dutch or Afrikaans, or may be derived from tacky (“slightly sticky”), which the rubber shoes might seem to be.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æki

Noun

tackie (plural tackies)

1. (South Africa) A canvas shoe with a rubber sole.
2. (Ireland, Limerick) Another word for trainers or runners.
3. (South Africa, slang) The tyre of a car or other vehicle.
   • The hot rod had fat tackies.

Synonyms

• US sneaker, UK plimsoll, Australia sandshoe; tennis shoe

Derived terms

• tough tackie – tough luck.

English

Alternative forms

• (tank soldier; member of the Communist Party of Great Britain): tanky

Etymology

tank +? -ie

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ta?ki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tæ?ki/
• Rhymes: -æ?ki
• Homophone: tanky
• Hyphenation: tank?ie

Noun

tankie (plural tankies)

1. (communism, slang, historical, Britain) A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain who supported the Soviet Union's policy of crushing revolts in Hungary in the 1950s and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s by sending army tanks into these countries.
2. (communism, slang, derogatory, by extension) A person supportive of the policies of the Soviet Union or other authoritarian socialist governments.
   • 2009, Arthur Smith, “Rooms above Pubs”, in My Name is Daphne Fairfax: A Memoir, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-192103-3; republished London: Arrow Books, Random House, 2010, ISBN 978-0-09-951965-2, pages 181–182:

     As far as the Sparklies were concerned the new comics were scruffy herberts who shouted ‘Fuck Thatcher’ over and over, while raving Tankie Stalinists hooted indiscriminately in the front row.

3. (military slang) A soldier from a tank regiment.
4. (rail transport, slang) A tank engine.

Anagrams

• Aitken, Kantei, intake, kaiten, kentia, kinate, take in, take-in