as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
while passing through the airport, don't do anything kinky that is likely to draw the suspicion of security
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Recent Examples of kinky
Bread dough The morning after Cathy and Heathcliff spy on Joseph (Ewan Mitchell) and Zillah’s (Amy Morgan) kinky stable tryst, Cathy loses her composure at the breakfast table watching a very wet dough (focaccia, maybe?
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
Chemical relaxers—another product commonly used to style Black hair—that permanently straighten curly or kinky hair have previously been linked to higher risk of uterine cancer.
—Aude Konan, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
Venus’ clash with Uranus awakens your kinky side!
—Usa Today, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
There was always something a bit kinky about Barney.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
Chemical relaxers—another product commonly used to style Black hair—that permanently straighten curly or kinky hair have previously been linked to higher risk of uterine cancer.
—Aude Konan, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
Venus’ clash with Uranus awakens your kinky side!
—Usa Today, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
There was always something a bit kinky about Barney.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinky
Adjective
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The goggles, the GPS address and the laptop — all of it was strong evidence supporting the bizarre story Denise and Aaron had been telling all along.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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His YouTube page, once an online venue for his songs, was more recently dedicated to paranoid rants about his family members, some centering on his relationship with his grandfather, and others where Valdez displayed bizarre behavior like imitating Nazi soldiers.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Some 18 months ago, Mack said, the Royals launched a deep dive after Picollo broached the possibility of exploring strange new worlds.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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But rather than avoiding strange quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement, Bennett and Brassard embraced them.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Everyone got obsessed with weird things in the pandemic, like jigsaw puzzles or baking sourdough.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Running a restaurant can do some weird things to your head.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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There’s a funny reason why the pain flares in your upper face and forehead, a bit of a distance from the area responsible for the cold.—
Julia Daye,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2026
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As funny as her life seems, like everyone's, serious moments pepper the comedy.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Chalker said that, at least for him, the curious-scientist ruse never worked.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Montenegro pointed out that law students, attorneys who don’t have cases on a particular day and immigration judge applicants — and curious members of the public — are all also frequent presences who need consistent access to proceedings too.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Humor about the pickle often stems from its distinctiveness—its tangy, assertive flavor and odd appearance lend themselves to exaggerated, whimsical depictions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, the evening was so odd that even the famously reclusive poet Robinson Jeffers, who rarely attended parties, left home to experience the spectacle for himself.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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His peculiar online lingo, derived from the looks-maxxing community, has seeped into the culture.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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And its tendrils, perhaps the most peculiar part of the plant, are light-colored and shaped like thin wires.—
Andrés Muedano,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Mar. 2026
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While Boston shot 5-for-20 in the period, Atlanta went 13-for-19, including the second made three of the night from the typically erratic Dyson Daniels.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Two weeks later, the erratic nature of the Wild’s play and the outcomes haven’t changed.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Kinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinky. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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