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Malcolm’s cousin comes over — a super-skeevy bro named Darren (played by Birkett Turton like a depraved Carson Daly), who brings along an Eastern-European-model-who-speaks-next-to-no-English named Minka (Eden Weiss).—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 Nov. 2025 But the arrival of a skeevy stranger sends things spiraling, exposing dark pasts and lies.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2021 The series of skeevy guys are played by actors known for playing likable men on TV, including Adam Brody, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sam Richardson, Chris Lowell and Max Greenfield.—Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2020 Fennell set out to defy expectations with her supporting cast as well, selecting beloved figures to play the secretly skeevy men.—Washington Post,
24 Dec. 2020
Word History
Etymology
probably from skeeve "to disgust, be disgusted by" (borrowed from the stem of Italian schifare "to loathe, feel disgust for," earlier "to shun, avoid," borrowed from Old French eschiver) + -y entry 1 — more at eschew
Note:
The -v- in skeeve may reflect lax consonant articulation in southern Italian dialects, perceived as voicing by non-dialect speakers.