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    [Adjective]  | "snip*py" | \ ˈsni-pē \


    1: short-tempered, snappish

    2: unduly brief or curt

    3: putting on airs : sniffy


    Origin: circa 1848 ;

     {see: |snip:2|snip:2};

    [Adjective]  | "snippy" 


    1: being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner;


      * e.g., " ... snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic "





    2: easily irritated or annoyed;


      * e.g., " ... feeling snippy after a long day of work "





    3: self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance;


      * e.g., " ... I get tired of his snippy insistence that emulating the rich and famous is the only way to appear successful "



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     [ "snippy" ]

    1: (n): A term commonly used by authority figures, parents, and teachers to young children meaning something close to 'sassy' or 'short'; having attitude

      * e.g.,  ... Young man, don't you get snippy with me! 

     [ "snippy" ]

    1: Background: Derek

      * e.g.,  ... Stop being so snippy 


     [ "snippy" ]

    2: Definition: "someone who gets frustrated and mad easily"

     [ "snippy" ]

    1: One who is clever and quick witted.

      * e.g.,  ...  That guy is sooo snippy, he could outwit a fox! 


     [ "snippy" ]

    2:  A type of comment that is usually followed by a zing! or buurrrrn!

      * e.g.,  ... That was quite a snippy comment Reginald, he won't be able to sit for weeks! 

     [ "Snippy" ]

    1: Slighty rude,disrespectful and impatient,using only a few words.

      * e.g.,  ... Like her creator, she is short-tempered and snippy as well as merciless when she targets a weakspot in her opponent. 

     [ "Snippy" ]

    1: Snippy: A word, meaning "sassy", "bitter", or "salty". Someone who is snippy is usually described as having an attitude or simply just waking up on the wrong side of the bed. It is shortened to "snip-snip" in some cases.

      * e.g.,  ... "Natalie was being so snippy the other day! She needs to calm down!" "Why are you acting all snip-snip all of a sudden?" 

     [ "Snippy" ]

    1: Evan Keller; To be rude, mean, snobby.

      * e.g.,  ... Evan is quite snippy. 

     [ "snippiness" ]

    1: the act of being snippy like what julie is being right now

      * e.g.,  ... im detecting a lot of snippiness from julie, right now 

     [ "Snippy" ]

    1: Adj. Clean, perfect, anal retentive. Obsessively neat, over styled, well organized. Obviously matchy-matchy. Mid-1980s, provincial Northern California. Back-handed, passive aggressive compliment, leaning towards sarcasm, generally directed at the always-magazine-perfect types who achieve more -- and better -- than should be possible given a 24-hour day.

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh look, you matched the car paint (that you clean with an organic bamboo toothbrush) to the house paint -- isn't that snippy!" 

     [ "snippy betch" ]

    1: It is neither a negative nor degrading term but rather a phrase to describe sharp or cutting behavior or attitude received by an individual a.k.a. a snippy betch.

      * e.g.,  ...  .. Ruby I told you to wait for me , you SNIPPY BETCH ! ughh, your such a SNIPPY BETCH ! SNIPPY BETCH ! get on my level 

     [ "snippy mcsnapster" ]

    1: someone who embodies being snippy at such a level that they snip and follow with a mcsnap - meaning they snap back after they snip.

      * e.g.,  ... In response to a nasty remark from a friend, one might say "Ok, Ms/Mr. Snippy McSnapster!" 

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