achy-breaky
adjective
ˈā-kē-ˈbrā-kē 
informal : achingly sad : achy
In one video, he turned himself into an ad-campaign cowboy singing achy-breaky songs, satirizing Nashville while also twanging his heart out.
Blake Gopnik, Washington Post, 19 May 2008
Blake Gopnik, Washington Post, 19 May 2008
Word History
Etymology
achy + (heart)break(ing) + -y entry 1
First Known Use
1991, in the meaning defined above
- holding in
- holding method
- holding off
- holding off (on)
- holding off on
- holding on
- holding on to
- holding one's breath
- holding one's horses
- holding one's tongue
- holding out
- holding out (past)
- holding out past
- holding over
- holding past
- holding pattern
- holding patterns
- holding to
- holding together
- holding up
- holding water
- holding with
- holding-out partner
- holding-up hammer
- holdings