festy

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsti

Etymology 1

Adjective

festy (comparative more festy, superlative most festy)

  1. (Australia, slang) Disgusting.
    • 1997 September 10, Brian S, “I'm able to admit it when I fuck up”, in aus.politics, Usenet‎:
      God knows I've had my fair share of festy flatmates who started out all sweetness and light... :)
    • 2018 June 14, Hobbes, “Wheres My Bangles Track!!!?”, in aus.culture.gothic, Usenet‎:
      I wish I went to Blue Monday, I wanna go back to Wall St, I miss Wall St damnit.  The sucken dancefloor, the space under the pin ball machine, the festy toilets, the railings, the venue.
    • 2018 August 28, solitaire, “[MELB] Come live with me...”, in aus.culture.gothic, Usenet‎:
      So, the festy scrag is packing up and pissing off...
  2. Very bad, dreadful.

Etymology 2

From festival +‎ -y (“diminutive suffix”)

Noun

festy (plural festies)

  1. A festival.
    • 2018 July 26, Lee H, “CHAOS ENGINE SPAMBLAST, 26/07/02”, in alt.gothic.music, Usenet‎:
      Keeping that festy vibe going, we've just been promoted to headline act for the REBIRTH festival this weekend in Cardiff!
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