poxy
adjUK /ˈpɒk.si/
Etymology From pox + -y.
1
Medicine, Sciences Suffering from pox.
2
Figuratively Sickening; unsatisfactory; generally bad.
- Being a pop star means its goodbye to starving in a poxy garret.1990 January 13, David Quantick, Steven Wells, “Is It Rock Art Or Is It Nart?”, in New Musical Express:
- “Everyone bally [balaclava]^([sic]) up, tool up,” said one man. “Let’s show the fucking media that we’re not a fucking pushover, that no more fucking foreigners are allowed into this poxy country.”2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
3
UK, Derogatory, Slang Unimportant, worthless.
- Related terms
- pockmark, pockmarked, chickenpox, smallpox, lousy