skewgee, a. colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.).
(skjuːˈdʒiː)
[f. skew a. + -gee, prob. as in agee adv. (also ajee adv. and cf. on the jee s.v. jee n.); cf. skew-whiff a. and adv.]
Askew, awry, crooked; in a mixed-up, confused state.
| 1890 Cent. Dict., Skew-gee, a., crooked; skew; squint. Also used as a noun: as, on the skew-gee. (Colloq.) 1897 E. Brodhead Bound in Shallows viii. 165 When folks gets all skew-gee brooding on things, why, it seems only right to straighten 'em out. 1905 Dialect Notes III. 64 Your tie is on all skewgee. 1958 E. Birney Turvey viii. 88, I have to roll down a flock of skewgee old blackout blinds at night. 1985 C. MacLeod Plain Old Man xix. 175 Let me straighten out your curls. You're all skewgee. |