| Word | Definitions | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| hokey | (adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: artificial, contrived, stilted |
| (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy | |
| pokey | (adjective) small and remote and insignificant | Synonyms: jerkwater, one-horse, poky |
| (adjective) wasting time | Synonyms: dilatory, laggard, poky |