Shrekky

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional ogre character Shrek.

informal, rare

Examples

“Shrek cereal consists of sweetened corn puffs with marshmallow pieces, and it contains fourteen grams of sugar in every serving. “Kids just see⟳ that it’s Shrek,” Harkin says. See⟳ what a month of Shrekky breakfasts adds up to in terms of sugar intake: healthy eating advocates recommend⟳ taking a five-pound bag of sugar and actually measuring out a day’s worth, a week’s worth, and a month’s worth of sugar from breakfast alone. Truly monstrous!”

“"At least I have⟳ my lucky trousers. Oh no, they're waving at me, shouting at me and one of them is standing up and calling out something. I can't quite make⟳ out what he's saying ... " The line goes silent. […] I begin⟳ telling her that her Shrek-look is the pinnacle of next season's much-hyped international rugged ogre chic but the words sort⟳ of die⟳ on my lips. […] This time the greetings are unmistakable. I hear⟳ it plainly down the phone: "Hi Shrek! Hello Shrek! Oy Shrek!" […] "I should take⟳ them back, maybe, shouldn't I?" I imagine⟳ the little slip⟳ on the returns form⟳ that says "reason⟳ garment unsuitable" filled in: way too Shrekky.”

“"We have⟳ a very good relationship," he insists. "We talk⟳ frequently. I'm not sitting waiting to take⟳ over, competing for his office." So no Brown-Blair shenanigans? "Ha ha," he laughs, exposing two Shrekky front teeth. "No, I haven't got Brown's temper."”

“It started with me catching myself shouting at the kids more and more, for no real reason⟳. I am a great supporter of the ‘gently, gently’ school of child rearing, but don’t discount the value of an occasional attention-focusing slap on the bum when they run⟳ into a car park⟳ or completely ignore⟳ you and jump⟳ off the back of the couch for the third time—head first on to tiles. But I was now becoming something of an ogre, and not the cute Shrekky or Wayne Rooney type⟳.”

“For years, the Playboy Mansion has been little more than a porno Disney where the original playboy picks Playmates, and charges for entry Next door, the screening room lies quiet and sticky with drink⟳ — or is it drool? In the Shrekky Great Hall, where he still theatrically descends every day about noon, soft toys gather lint.”

“My wife insists on talking while eating porridge in the morning. The glutinous oats cling⟳ to her mouth. I can't tell⟳ her this disgusts me. Help⟳! / G.A., Doncaster, VIC / (Not my real initials, as I am such a coward!) / Great, now I've got this image in my head of a huge, Shrekky troll-wife, hunched over a bubbling trough of gruel, scooping it into her scungy mouth using her webbed, reptilian hand as a spoon, and you being too scared to say⟳ anything in case she drags you off to her cave lair and dashes your brains out on her jagged, husband-killing rock.”

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