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Kunny

[kuhn-ee]
Pan-Diaspora· Colonial Anglo-Indian slang for acting snooty or haughty
Also spelled: putting on side, cunning airs

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Putting on airs, acting pretentious, showing off, or swaggering about with an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

“Look at him walking so kunny down the road just because his uncle sent him a leather jacket from England.”

Pepperwater
Contributed by Pepperwater
Oct 18, 2026

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