shirty
English
WOTD – 25 August 2015
Etymology
From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɝ.ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɜː.ti/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
Adjective
shirty (comparative shirtier, superlative shirtiest)
- (chiefly Britain, informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
- I didn't ask my father for money, figuring he'd get shirty about it since I had quit school and had no job.
- 1897, W. Somerset Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, chapter 3:
- "You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?"
- "I'm not shirty; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer."
Derived terms
Translations
ill-tempered or annoyed
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References
- Farmer, John S. and Henley, W. E. A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from the Seven-volume, page 406. G. Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1905.
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