What's the difference between nutty and squirrelly?
Nutty
Definition:
(a.) Abounding in nuts.
(a.) Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.
Example Sentences:
(1) Increase the heat under the syrup and cook, without stirring, until it turns a rich, nutty brown.
(2) Despite its rich, earthy, nutty flavour, the taste is very delicate, and thus pairs really well with a sharp citrus reduction.
(3) Lee Thompson, on sax, had the concept of The Nutty Boys.
(4) His colleagues tease him, telling him they're for thinktanks, not politicians, and that "people will think you're a sort of nutty professor".
(5) The texture of a good baguette should be moist, very slightly chewy and with a hint of a nutty flavour.
(6) Worse was the nutty suggestion that the press call Fox News’s rabidly rightwing host, Sean Hannity, a Trump supporter, for confirmation.
(7) The dish tasted fine – the mealworms had a slightly nutty, toasted flavour and gave the quiche an extra crunch – but it still made my stomach turn.
(8) About Chile: Having finished second in South American qualifying under the stewardship of the pigstick nutty Marcelo Bielso, Chile favour a 3-3-1-3 formation, with one of two playmakers (usually Matias Fernandez) positioned behind three strikers ( un enganche y tres punta ) on an all-out attacking side.
(9) 8.06pm BST Christine is making a nutty, locally sourced loaf to go with a locally sourced cheese.
(10) Amaranth stuffed mushrooms with za’atar and pine nuts Facebook Twitter Pinterest Yotam Ottolenghi’s amaranth stuffed mushrooms: the za’atar in the nutty topping brings a tart note to proceedings.
(11) ‘Oh my God, look at Lee now, isn’t she hysterical, she’s so nutty.
(12) "It forced a break and sent you a bit nutty for a year."
(13) Rahim, the son of Algerian-born parents, grew up in the eastern town of Belfort, famous for the nutty Comté cheese.
(14) Similarly, the Daily Mail splashed with "Murder police quiz 'nutty professor' with a blue rinse" and the Daily Mirror told its 1.2 million readers: "Jo suspect is Peeping Tom".
(15) Haldane replies that: "One man's nuttiness is another man's animal spirits."
(16) In this absolutely nutty system, in which tax can only be explained as a punishment for failing to get rich enough to avoid it, insult is heaped upon injury as judges then characterise the “UK taxpayer” as a special class of person, all themselves in full-time, well-paid employment.
(17) When two young women, hardly able to speak for coy giggles, approach our table for autographs and a photo, my reflex is to wonder whether some nutty rule about image rights will get in the way; Joey just puts down his fish-finger sandwich, smiles sweetly and asks: "Is it Jemma with a J?"
(18) But despite it all, the match that directly followed Maradona’s downfall was a stone-cold World Cup classic: Romania versus Argentina, a nutty end-to-end speed-rush of top-drawer footballing brilliance.
(19) Even Ford would have struggled to make such a line trip off the tongue, and it’s around this time that one is reminded Rogue One has been penned by the screenwriters of After Earth and Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps.
(20) The Egremont russet [with its characteristic matt brown skin] has a quirky nutty flavour and is great with cheese, but young consumers wouldn’t pick them up.
Squirrelly
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Docked myself a point for squirrelly sipping.” The commentary is indeed infectiously ridiculous.
(2) And never mind the fact Feedly seems to already have 3 million subscribers … The best explanation I've read (on my Reader feeds) is that Google wants to draw the curtain, perform some surgery, and reintroduce its RSS reader as part of Google+ , perhaps with some Google Now thrown in: While I can't say I'm a fan of squirrelly attempts to draw me into Google+ , I must admit that RSS feeds could be a good fit… Stories could appear as bigger, better versions of the single-line entry in Reader, more like the big-photo entries that Facebook's new News Feed uses .