-ski, -sky

-ski, -sky
suffix
American
a humorous ending added, usually to slang terms, by teenagers and students. Examples are finski and buttinsky. The termination indicates friendship, respect, acceptance into the group when attached to a proper name, e.g. 'Normski' (a black UK TV presenter). When terminating the name of an object, e.g. brewski, it denotes affectionate familiarity. The suffix occurs in Slavonic languages and in many Yiddish sur-names.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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