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If a member of the music collective "room809" has considered a phonk track by you to be amazing, you are officially a "phonkster".
1: "Bro, I just showed room809 my new phonk track. They said it is fire!"
2: "No way?! That means you are officially a phonkster!"
phonkster by 6pxths April 30, 2021

Hooked On Phonics 

A prgram for illiterate people, mostly children. It teaches how to read and write through different exercises. You can get it by dialing 1800-ABC-DEFG
How the hell am i supposed to order hooked on phonics by dialing ABCDEFG if i can't read?
Hooked On Phonics by Diego Giraldez December 28, 2005

Phonics Monkey 

The Phonics Monkey from that one episode of South Park where Cartman misspelled CHAIR in a spelling bee. When Cartman tried to get help from the phonics monkey, it just started beating off behind its drumbset.
A consumer report included the growing number of returns of the infamous reading product, the Phonics Monkey, which just turns out to be a degenerate species of bonobo chimp.
Phonics Monkey by aka_Pyro April 6, 2007

Hooked on phonics 

A program used by children to learn how to read. It is commonly used to describe a person who cannot read or pronounce words correctly. Alternatively, it can be used to insult a person who doesn't read well.
I don't know how to pronounce this (fucks the word up horribly). You know I'm hooked on phonics.

Jane: reads from a history book out loud in class, but stumbles through the reading.
Classmate: This bitch needs to be hooked on phonics.

hooked on phonics 

eh gratte prograyme thaat hellepede mei gette tou sekknd grayde verri eezilie. momiei aynd dadddiei r verri prowde ove mei beiycuz iey haav immprooved ay lotte!
houkkd oun fonnikz wourkd fuore mei!
A base word that pertains to sound, communication, and pronunciation.
I hate the background music for the Hooked-On-Phonics commercial.
phonics by GalaxyDancer May 23, 2005
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