kinky
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bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
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New York City bans bias against black hair State Sen. Holly J. Mitchell, the bill's author, said dress codes banning kinky hair punish African Americans for their natural appearance. — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, "California poised to be first state to ban race-based discrimination against natural hair," 28 June 2019 All will be brought under its spell in this horrific, kinky, hilarious take on the hypnotic compulsions of capitalism and fashion. — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, "Sidewalk 2019: The 10 hottest tickets and longest lines to expect," 20 Aug. 2019 Maybe, but in that wizarding world, there’s far more potential for double entendres and kinky puns. — John Wenzel, The Know, "Ruin your fondest childhood memories at “Harry Potter & the Mysterious Merkin” burlesque show," 19 Aug. 2019 The play opens on a black woman and a white man in antebellum dress, enacting what appears to be an oddly kinky example of master-slave relations. — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, "Fall Theatre Preview," 16 Aug. 2019 All the kinky people in this novel, killers included, are readers. — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, "Dangerous Disappearing Acts, With Killers in Pursuit," 8 June 2018 The authors of this new law say women with kinky and curly hair are sometimes subject to unequal treatment, and can even be viewed as inferior. — CBS News, "California becomes first state to ban discrimination against natural hair," 4 July 2019 After you’re done reading about ’loon lovers, be sure to check out our full kinky lineup. — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, "A Beginner's Guide to Balloon Fetishes, Straight From an Actual Looner," 22 May 2019 That hilariously kinky parade was inspired by Prince's Nurse paintings—one of which appeared on a Sonic Youth album cover, which again links back to Jacobs' family circle of personal reference. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Louis Vuitton Wants to Turn Your Bag Into a TV," 9 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kinky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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