People are flaky (also spelled flakey) if they are wacky and unconventional, but to say someone is flaky is not really a compliment. If you want to buffer the blow of calling your friend an odd-ball, don't say she's flaky — say she's eccentric.

What is the meaning of flakey?

Definition of 'flakey'

1. like or made of flakes. 2. tending to peel off or break easily into flakes. 3.

What is flaking on someone?

n. An unreliable person; someone who agrees to do something, but never follows through. 1. John called in sick to work again today. He's such a flake.