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    [Noun]  | "prig" | \ ˈprig \


    1: thief


    Origin: 1567 ;

     Prig to steal;

    [Noun]  | "prig" 


    1: fop

    2: fellow, person

    3: one who offends or irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech or manners) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree


    Origin: 1676 ;

     Probably from {see: |prig:1|prig:1};

    [Noun]  | "prig" 


    1: someone who annoys people by being very careful about proper behavior and by criticizing the behavior of other people;


      * e.g., " ... She is too much of a prig for my liking. "





     [ "prig" ]

    1: Noun:

      * e.g.,  ... "If father was determined to make me either a Prig or a Mule, and I am not a Prig, why, it stands to reason, I must be a Mule." -Charles Dickens 


     [ "prig" ]

    2:  A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.


     [ "prig" ]

    3:  Chiefly British: A petty thief or pickpocket.


     [ "prig" ]

    4:  A person regarded as arrogant and annoying


     [ "prig" ]

    5:  Archaic: A conceited dandy; a fop.


     [ "prig" ]

    6: Verb:


     [ "prig" ]

    7: prigged, prig·ging, prigs Chiefly British


     [ "prig" ]

    8: To steal or pilfer.


     [ "prig" ]

    9: Synonym:

     [ "prig" ]

    1: self serving dusch-bag who will lick ballz to further his own needs...

      * e.g.,  ... Dave Grohl is the King of all Prigs. When black people make fun of whites it's Dave Grohl they're imitating. 

     [ "Prig" ]

    1: A combination of both a pig and a prick used to describe people who are not very likeable

      * e.g.,  ... Mary is a big fat prig 

     [ "Prig" ]

    1: One who demonstrates smugness at conforming to conservative ideals. Often deriding elements of modernity and change simply because it is outside of the absolutist parameters by which the prig views his surroundings. The prig elevates the artificial constructs of established rules to the point where deviation from these fabrications will be judged as "good" or "bad." Even on superficial matters.

      * e.g.,  ... A prig will be the guy in your neighborhood who tries to change town ordinances to prevent his neighbors from building a modern house on the same street as his precious center-hall colonial. Because in his mind, modern design is "bad", and traditional cookie-cutter homes are "good" by virtue of their normality. 

     [ "Prig" ]

    1: A way of saying pray or praise

      * e.g.,  ... Let's prig to the Lord. 

     [ "Prig Shaming" ]

    1: Shaming a person who is the opposite of a slut. Making them feel bad for not participating in promiscuous behaviors.

      * e.g.,  ... Example 1) Person 1: "He probably doesn't even have HPV. I bet he never watches porn, or has ever been to a strip club." 

     [ "Racist prig" ]

    1: A person whose despicable views are cloaked in holier-than-thou snootiness.

      * e.g.,  ... “Remember that racist prig Karen who called 911 on the Black photographer in Central Park?” “My aunt was such a racist prig, she wouldn’t let trick or treaters of color put their hands in the bowl of candy.” 

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