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stinko

1 9.9

Something that is very bad or poor quality

noun
/ˈstɪŋkoʊ/

Archaic

: desastre

The restaurant received a stinko review because the food was cold and the service was slow.

Examples

Her latest movie was a stinko that failed to impress critics and audiences alike.
Indeed, the producer links the two forever when he complains: "We've got a 36-hour schedule and a stinko script... and it opens in this very town the day after tomorrow."

Academic text (2002)
The concert last night was a total stinko; the band forgot their lyrics and the sound was terrible.

Synonyms

piece of crap

vsstinko

Offensive

34 8.9

A thing of very poor quality that is useless

applies more widely to events or performances as well as objects

stinker

vsstinko

Informal

5 6.7

A thing like a car that often breaks or does not work

covers objects performances and events rather than only physical artifacts

a real stinker

vsstinko

Informal

1 8.1

A thing that is very bad or unpleasant

is judged mainly for poor quality rather than general unpleasantness

stink on ice

vsstinko

Informal

9.9

A complete failure that goes very wrong

is a plain label for any very poor object performance or event

stinker of an idea

vsstinko

Informal

7.5

A very bad idea

applies broadly to things events or performances not only ideas

How Bad

catastrophe

176 7.0

disaster

∞ 1.0

stinko

Archaic

1 9.9

dud

Informal

14 4.7

Surface Forms

stinko singular

stinkos plural

Morphology

stinko = stink (transparent) = stink + o

The sense 'an object or event that is very bad' follows directly from the pejorative use of 'stink' plus the informal '-o' nominalizer.

Etymology

Stinko used for a thing or show comes from stink 'smell bad' plus the casual '-o', and people use it to say a performance or object 'stinks' — that is, is very poor. So a stinko is an event, product, or performance that is really bad in quality.