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zooey

slang Wild and chaotic, like a zoo. This place always gets zooey whenever they host one of their famous clearance sales. I actually found Rome way too zooey. I had a much better time in the smaller towns around Italy.

zooie

slang Wild and chaotic, like a zoo. This place always gets zooie whenever they host one of their famous clearance sales. I actually found Rome way too zooie. I had a much better time in the smaller towns around Italy.
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zooie

and zooey (ˈzui)
mod. confusing and chaotic. (see also zoo.) I can’t get anything done in this zooie place.

zooey

verb
See zooie
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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