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- adjective
comparative form ofhokey : morehokey
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Examples
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I always thought that was one of the hokier tracks on Discovery until I saw Interstella 5555.
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Synth-besotted “WTF?” is the best pop single in 5/4 time in, well, maybe forever, and even the hokier vocoder experiments like “Before the Earth Was Round” seem pitch-perfect in context.
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If you love novelty music like Spike Jones and the Hoosier Hot Shots-- the hokier, the better, right? you'll love the collection of rare recordings from 1930s band The Kidoodlers at Twindowlicker.
Archive 2010-05-01 baikinange 2010
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If you love novelty music like Spike Jones and the Hoosier Hot Shots-- the hokier, the better, right? you'll love the collection of rare recordings from 1930s band The Kidoodlers at Twindowlicker.
The Kidoodlers baikinange 2010
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For example, when Spiderman does battle with a wizard or a werewolf, it will feel much hokier than if American Dragon or Sailor Moon were to do the same.
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I been saying - she drops one more "g" and her accent gets any hokier and I can't be held responsible for my actions.
As Debate Shifts Over To Foreign Policy, Biden Hammers McCain On Iraq, Spain Gaffe 2009
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Right out of a Law and Order episode–one of the hokier ones.
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But the science is sometimes even hokier than the often lamentably bad science in Star Trek and the whole Heinleinesque militarism of it is just plain wrongheaded.
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Granted, some "sciences" are hokier than others time-travel comes to mind, but if hokey science is needed to tell a good story, then by all means use it.
Spaceward Ho! ghostwes 2005
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Finally ... and I know this sounds hokier than an acceptance speech at an awards show ... but I wouldn't be here without you guys.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2003
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