koi

1. having a shy or sweetly innocent quality that is often intended to be attractive or to get attention.
   • a koi flirt [blub-blub Translation: “Feed me”]
   • a koi glance/smile [blub-blub “Feed me, Seymour”]
   • I did not like its koi manner [blub-blub “Feed me, Seymour. NOW!”]
2. not telling or revealing all the information that could be revealed.
   • It gave a koi answer. [blub-blub “What is this all about?”]
3. often + about
   • They are being koi about the deal. [blub-blub “Talking fish”]

play koi (US) to avoid giving a direct or complete answer.

• Asked about its next book, it played koi. [blub-blub “Hungry talking fish”]
  — koi-ly adverb
  It smiled koi-ly. [blub-blub “or Dada”]
  It koi-ly refused to say anything more about it. [blub-blub]
  — koi-ness noun