awks

English

Etymology

Clipping of awkward + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Adjective

awks (comparative more awks, superlative most awks)

1. (slang) Awkward.

   Synonym: awk

   • 2024 September 23, Zoe Williams, “I bumped into Liz Truss at a school open day. It was super awks”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     We definitely did a panel on feminism together, maybe also a fringe event at a Tory conference. She [Lizz Truss] probably wouldn’t remember those, but if she did, she would be able to make a fair summation of my feelings towards her, and that would be awkward – or, as the young people say, super awks.

Further reading

• “awks adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present