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Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:48 am
by antipode
I miss it. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy and nostalgic.


Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:56 am
by topmo3
good point, haven't heard it in a while. our first nights back in the day used to have posters that read "dubstep/house/wonky" on em :)

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:03 am
by Soiree
YES! ITS A GREAT WORD.
KODE9 mentions it in SONIC WARFARE, Wonky is the "RIFF" of electronic music.
SO STOKED FOR ZOMBY's RIDDIMZ DIZ WEEKEND @ 1015's THIZZFEST

ZOMBY
MACHINEDRUM
NASTY NASTY
DISTAL

" :dubstep rave:

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:04 am
by incnic
lols dunno
i used to love it and the whole hiphop thing - which kind of died lol

back to straight boom bap beats / house for me!

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:17 am
by noam
wonky just came to mean 'on ketamine' :(

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:36 am
by Electric_Head
It`s like the word schizophrenic

when I left the hospital I also stopped hearing it.

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:04 pm
by drokkr
noam wrote:wonky just came to mean 'on ketamine' :(
Yep

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:43 pm
by laurent__duval
dunno about anyone else but i think it sounds a bit shit. its the "y" sound at the end. its like calling your dog something with a "y" sound at the end, just a bit cheesy and should be avoided, if you sk me...

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:11 pm
by brasco
laurent__duval wrote:dunno about anyone else but i think it sounds a bit shit. its the "y" sound at the end. its like calling your dog something with a "y" sound at the end, just a bit cheesy and should be avoided, if you sk me...
laurent_duvaly has a point

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:11 pm
by borrowed
back on topic



Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:22 pm
by borrowed

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:23 pm
by fractal
Blackdown stopped using and the rest of the internets followed, again

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:49 pm
by AxeD
Dodgy > wonky

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:55 pm
by frank grimes jr.
I love that cat in the Quantum Leap video, OBVI.

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:13 am
by youthful_implants
Wonky is such a good word. I love music which is wonky too, non-quantized, shambling and erratic. Too much stuff is obvious and lacking in groove.

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:57 am
by Phigure
youthful_implants wrote:Wonky is such a good word. I love music which is wonky too, non-quantized, shambling and erratic. Too much stuff is obvious and lacking in groove.
exactly this

i still use wonky all the time, especially to differentiate wonky hip hop beats type music from "regular" hip hop

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:17 am
by antipode
fractal wrote:Blackdown stopped using and the rest of the internets followed, again
:lol:

I've never done ket. But I love da wonky. Does this mean that I'd love ket?

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:55 am
by Kodachrome
All this n-i-ggling rigmarole about wonky this wonky that is just so discombobulating.

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:57 pm
by __________
fractal wrote:Blackdown stopped using and the rest of the internets followed, again
People don't pay as much attention to Blackdown as much as a lot of people on DSF would like to think imo.

I still hear the word 'wonky' all the time by the way. Too much actually if I'm hoenst :lol:

Re: Whatever happened to using the word "Wonky"

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:28 pm
by fractal
Just poking fun. It's one of those words that means different things to different people and is funny when used to describe music, like chill or ambient