wifty

Related to wifty: impetuosity, conversate, Swifty

wif·ty

(wĭf′tē)

adj. wif·ti·er, wif·ti·est Slang

Impractical, flighty, or unfocused: "Hybrid and electric cars ... are no longer the wifty dreams of environmentalists" (Jennifer Moroz).

[Origin unknown.]

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wifty

(ˈwɪftɪ)

adj, -tier or -tiest

censorious scatterbrained or dizzy

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"Spirituality" is an elusive word with a variety of definitions some compelling, some wifty, some downright dangerous.

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"It made no apologies for my conviction that Ira was guilty as sin and had duped far too many true believers and wifty apologists," he said.

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Not that I don't like McLachlan, I just think carbon copies of The Wifty One are getting rather redundant.