makey-uppy

Adjective

makey-uppy (not comparable)

1. (Ireland, Scotland, childish) Fictional.
   • ‘Kathmandu?’ said Laura, surprised. ‘I thought that was one of those makey-uppy places, like Jibberovia or Ballygobackwards.’1999, Larry O'Loughlin, Is anybody listening?, Dublin: Wolfhound Press, →ISBN, page 99
   • 'What's fiction?'
     ‘Makey-uppy. Like you read in books.’2012, Jennifer Johnston, Shadowstory, Leicester: W.F. Howes, →ISBN, page 18
2. (Ireland, Scotland, derogatory, informal) Invented without good reason; fake, pretend, pretentious, inauthentic, artificial.
   • The Assassinators, from Denmark, play poppy (but rocking) political punk rock that makes you want to dance and sing-along in makey-uppy Danish.2009, Clodagh, “The Assassinators: an interview”, in The Rag, number 4, Dublin, page 12
   • Rather than being powerless in the face of death, I became God in my own little universe of stories. My own little makey-uppy dreamland.2017, Michael P. Harding, “The Client”, in On Tuesdays I'm a Buddhist, Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland, →ISBN, page 4