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stinkeroo slang (orig. U.S.).|stɪŋkəˈruː|
Also stinkaroo.
[f. stink n. or v.: see -eroo.]
Something of a very low standard; a very bad performance. Also, a furore or ‘stink’.
1934D. Runyon in Collier's 24 Nov. 8/3 The contest..turns out to be something of a disappointment, and, in fact, it is a stinkeroo, because there is little skill and no science whatever in it. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 21 June 16/4 The fight last night was a ‘stinkeroo’ and should be investigated. 1951J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. 54 They've sunk two-and-a-half million dollars in this new stinkaroo that opens tonight. 1958B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties ix. 120 It caused an absolute stinkaroo in the women's colleges. 1973Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 11/7 Many of the critics' notices [of the play] were unfavourable, referring to it as ‘an antique’, ‘a puerile affair’ and ‘a stinkaroo’. |