That was in the early '90s in a sketchy building on the Lower East Side (which was still very sketchy back then and had no boutique hotels or non-dive trendy bars). If any of you ever see me at a show or an event, and I hand you a baked good, it’s really not sketchy. The word "rise" seems to be attached to really crappy sequels and prequels: Rise of the machines, rise of the lycans, rise of the Cobra, Rise of the silver surfer, Carlito's Way: rise to power. Hair is spilitting at the ends and bangs need a trim but dont know where to get a cheap but not sketchy haircut I don't think its laced with cocaine since the guy dealing to us isn't a sketchy guy lol.Īnyways, I wasn't trying to compare the morals of salesmen with sketchy bankers. When you have a sketchy driving record like me, and you, just shop around, you have to go with the large outfits as they can absorb higher risk folks. They don't recommend he take the job and worry how it would affect his reputation. The Husband has since talked to some of the doctors who work with him now and they say this doctor and practice is really sketchy. There's an area near the river in town that is really sketchy: a lot of muggings and violence, and naturally lots of graffiti. He's talking about sketchy in a sense something like "questionable, iffy, untrustworthy, unsafe, poor quality, creepy, deprecated". Is there a way to track the evolution of the word? How recent is it, and what its geographical distribution? I don't think I used the word "sketchy" till I came to college in Virginia, but now I use it with such frequency (especially whenever a party, a city or nightlife is involved) that I am surprised that the meaning I use most for it is not included in most dictionaries.
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