sklunklish

sklunklish
general moodiness; dyspepsia of the spirit; non-specific disgust or aggravated boredom. Originally heard in the film The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, uttered by Shirley Temple - apparently hepslang in upper middle class high schools in the late 1940s.

Woke up feeling sklunklish, just stayed in bed all morning.


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  • sklunklish — general moodiness; dyspepsia of the spirit; non specific disgust or aggravated boredom. Originally heard in the film The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, uttered by Shirley Temple apparently hepslang in upper middle class high schools in the late… …   Dictionary of american slang

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