junque n. items portrayed as or imagined to be more valuable than they are, such as old objects treated as antiques, junk bonds promoted as safe investments, etc. Editorial Note: Often used jocularly. Etymological Note: Probably fashioned from junk...
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n.— «One of the purposes of the book is to help you distinguish junk from junque.» —“Guide for the Unmoneyed Collector” by Robert Cromie Chicago Tribune Jan. 10, 1965. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Collyer’s Mansion n.— «In New York City, and along much of the East Coast, a dwelling jammed rafter-high with junk is referred to by rescue personnel, with dismay and no small degree of respect, as a “Collyers’ Mansion.” As...
junk n.— «The poignantly restitutive sight of a talismanic hunk with heebie-jeebie tits and junk of death tersely encountering elegiacal youth of bracing attributes?» —by Ethan Mordden Everybody Loves You Sept., 1988...
hully-gully adj.— «You take a kid nowadays and throw him a ball in a vacant lot, they’re not going to line up in and run wishbone.…They’re going to junk it around the yard a little bit, kind of hully-gully style. That’s what I call...
Stradivarus n.— «Stradivarus can be defined as a piece of junk that’s either a) obsolete or b) in a very bad state and c) looks much older than it is.» —“Stradivarus moment” by spam_robot77 Vintage from the Charity...
