stinkaroo

Or stink·er·oo

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

noun

Slang.

plural

stinkaroos 

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