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British counterpart of the U.S. slang shady

I find it a wee-bit dodgy

something suspicious, or otherwise questionable

If a deal seems a bit dodgy, or too good to be true, follow your gut.

Of questionable legality, like a scam, or questionable moral or structural integrity. Originally British.

"Ehhh, I dunno, that piece is pretty dodgy. It's all rusty, hasn't been used in a few decades, it might fall apart."

"Smuggling ganja out of Mendocino could get some tall dollars, but it's a dodgy scam, the cops proly bust people for that all the time."

the :dodgy: is a smiley, purple in color, and sarcastic in nature. Made popular by paintball messageboards such as pbnation.com and pbreview.com, it exists to show sarcasm even when the coding doesn't work.

...I'd hit it... :dodgy:

An emoticon overly used on PBNation. Ususally used to show sarcasm, it is now used for anything and as become exetremely annoying.

That's a great idea! :dodgy:

Disreputable, such as a person who goes to work without any shoes. British slang term.

You see that guy over there? Yea the one wearing the polyester pant suit with the intricate pattern made up entirely of pink flamingos. Now he's a dodgy fellow.

disreputability, tendency towards the dishonest, state of doubtful authentification

She (von Speyr) had a long series of visions into saints' lives (eternalised as the "Book of All Hallows") which reads like so many school reports and has a tendency towards theological dodginess.