Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Ill-tempered; angry.
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- adjective informal
ill-tempered orannoyed .
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- adjective (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now I have to work a slime monster and the word shirty into some future book.
The Accidental Demon Slayer is a NY Times Bestseller! Angie Fox 2008
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I wuz just talking to a Brit lady and she said she felt definitely "shirty" about something or other.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I actaully kind of thought that it was closer to a Bond feel myself (action wise) I think this will be a good adaptation and intpretation of Holmes, not so stuffed shirty.
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Its a bit rich Ministers getting all shirty about his pension when their own is both gold and diamond plated – and just look how incompetent they are.
Sir Fred Goodwin drawing a pension of £650,000 a year aged 50 2009
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If they get shirty I stop and depending on the tone of their posting, I may remove all the posts in the thread and block them.
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Your call may be monitored for training purposesWe know you're cross, but don't get shirty.
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I remember ages ago when smoking was allowed in public service offices but it was about to be abolished and some guy at a party getting shirty about it and I was defending the decison.
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The debate ends with the two men getting shirty with each other, and Crist creepily invading Rubio's personal space.
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Uhm, okay, dude, nice dig, but Obama supported the dawning of the "bailout era," too, so let's not get all shirty here, okay?
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Will starts by getting all shirty about Social Security, and how "we'll be wallowing in the health care system for years to come."
john commented on the word shirty
Spike: That's fine. You don't have to get shirty about it.
Buffy: I'm not shirty. And what is shirty? That's not even a word.
- BtVS, "End of Days"
January 22, 2007
arby commented on the word shirty
“He saw how shirty she was about it�? (P.G. Wodehouse)
Etymology: Probably from to get someone's shirt out, to annoy, or to keep one's shirt on, to keep from being annoyed.
February 15, 2007
arby commented on the word shirty
The only thing I love more than this word is the fact that it was on Buffy. I once won a bet with my Dad that "shirty" was a real word. Having read my Wodehouse I knew I was right. Ha!
February 15, 2007
anydelirium commented on the word shirty
'"Look, son," the cop says. "There's no need to get all shirty with me."
'"Shirty??"
'"YES, shirty."
'I quite like the word.' -the book I Am The Messenger, by Markus Zusak
February 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word shirty
Haha! I've heard chesty used this way too. :-)
February 19, 2008