skux personality
- noun
- New Zealand
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personalidad encantadora
- It's hard not to be drawn to someone with such a skux personality.
Examples
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Her skux personality makes her the center of attention.
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She became popular at school thanks to her skux personality and sense of humor.
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Everyone admired his skux personality at the party last night.
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Tom has a great skux personality.
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Everyone admired his skux personality at the party last night.
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It's hard not to be drawn to someone with such a skux personality.
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She became popular at school thanks to her skux personality and sense of humor.
Synonyms
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2.5
A friendly, attractive way of behaving that makes people like you
A confident, stylish way of behaving that is a bit bold and attractive
Antonyms
How Charming
Surface Forms
Morphology
skux + personality
The modifier 'skux' is not a standard English lexeme (appearing as informal/slang without a clear, recoverable meaning), so even if a learner knows 'personality' they cannot derive the intended sense. The phrase relies on non-transparent slang meaning rather than predictable compositional semantics, so the overall meaning cannot be inferred from the parts.
Etymology
Skux personality comes from South African slang where skux is a short, cool word people used to praise someone who looks stylish and acts confidently. Picture a person walking into a room and everyone turning to look — that image shows why skux personality means 'charming, stylish, and attractive to others'.