4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flaky \Flak"y\, a.
Consisting of flakes or of small loose masses; lying, or
cleaving off in flakes or layers; flakelike
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
flaky
adj 1: made of or easily forming flakes [syn: {flakey}]
2: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
"restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another
like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a
freakish combination of styles"; "the outlandish clothes
of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics" [syn: {bizarre},
{eccentric}, {freakish}, {freaky}, {outlandish}, {outre}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
flaky adj (var sp `flakey') Subject to frequent {lossage}.
This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to
describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system that
is flaky is working, sort of -- enough that you are tempted to try to
use it -- but fails frequently enough that the odds in favor of finishing
what you start are low Commonwealth hackish prefers {dodgy} or {wonky}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
flaky
(Or "flakey") Subject to frequent {lossage}. This use is of
course related to the common slang use of the word to describe
a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system
that is flaky is working, sort of - enough that you are
tempted to try to use it - but fails frequently enough that
the odds in favour of finishing what you start are low
Commonwealth hackish prefers {dodgy}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-01-05)
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