stinkaroo

or stink·er·oo

[ sting-kuh-roo, sting-kuh-roo ]

noun

, Slang.

, plural stink·a·roos.

1. something markedly inferior in quality:

   a stinkaroo of a motion picture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stinkaroo¹

stink(er) + -aroo, spelling variant of -eroo

Example Sentences

Two so far this year and one of those was a stinkaroo.

From New York Times

“Yeah. When that muck fire kicks up, it can be a real stinkaroo. Hello, young man.”

From Literature

His cigars give him a convenient yardstick: a one-cigar script is apt to be terrific, a two-or three-cigar script fair, a four-cigar script a stinkaroo.

From Time Magazine Archive