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Is “snitty” a popular American English term? What is its origin?
what does “vertiginous game of chicken” mean and its originMixing British English and American EnglishOrigin of “quid” in its sense of a sovereign or guineaAt what point does a phrase's definition start to actually mean its incorrect popular usage?What is the origin of the term “toots” to refer to a woman?Word/phrase to describe something popular due to its availabilityWhat is the origin and meaning of the term “Butt Buddies”?What is the origin of the term “library” (in programming sense)?American - EnglishOlder English Term
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I came to know the word, “snitty” for the first time from the remark of Mr. William Barr during his testimony on Mueller Report in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Washington Post (May 2nd) reports under the headline, ”Pelosi escalates attacks on Trump, compares him to Nixon, as Barr’s defiance angers Democrats”:
Barr dismissed Mueller’s letter as a bit “snitty” and said he believed
it had probably been written by a staff member.”
Neither of online Oxford or Cambridge English Dictionary carries the word, “snitty.”
But Longman Dictionary explains its meaning as “annoyed or rude to somebody because you are annoyed, together with an example, “I get snitty about bad service in restaurants.”
Google Ngram shows the word came into use around 1970, and that its currency made a rapid rise from zero up to 0.0000001853 level in 2000.
What is the exact meaning of the word, "snitty"? Is it just a slang, or "serviceable" English word as being publicly used by a man of dignity in an official situation? What is the origin of this word?
meaning usage origin-unknown
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I came to know the word, “snitty” for the first time from the remark of Mr. William Barr during his testimony on Mueller Report in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Washington Post (May 2nd) reports under the headline, ”Pelosi escalates attacks on Trump, compares him to Nixon, as Barr’s defiance angers Democrats”:
Barr dismissed Mueller’s letter as a bit “snitty” and said he believed
it had probably been written by a staff member.”
Neither of online Oxford or Cambridge English Dictionary carries the word, “snitty.”
But Longman Dictionary explains its meaning as “annoyed or rude to somebody because you are annoyed, together with an example, “I get snitty about bad service in restaurants.”
Google Ngram shows the word came into use around 1970, and that its currency made a rapid rise from zero up to 0.0000001853 level in 2000.
What is the exact meaning of the word, "snitty"? Is it just a slang, or "serviceable" English word as being publicly used by a man of dignity in an official situation? What is the origin of this word?
meaning usage origin-unknown
edited 43 mins ago
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I came to know the word, “snitty” for the first time from the remark of Mr. William Barr during his testimony on Mueller Report in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Washington Post (May 2nd) reports under the headline, ”Pelosi escalates attacks on Trump, compares him to Nixon, as Barr’s defiance angers Democrats”:
Barr dismissed Mueller’s letter as a bit “snitty” and said he believed
it had probably been written by a staff member.”
Neither of online Oxford or Cambridge English Dictionary carries the word, “snitty.”
But Longman Dictionary explains its meaning as “annoyed or rude to somebody because you are annoyed, together with an example, “I get snitty about bad service in restaurants.”
Google Ngram shows the word came into use around 1970, and that its currency made a rapid rise from zero up to 0.0000001853 level in 2000.
What is the exact meaning of the word, "snitty"? Is it just a slang, or "serviceable" English word as being publicly used by a man of dignity in an official situation? What is the origin of this word?
meaning usage origin-unknown
edited 43 mins ago
aparente001
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asked 2 hours ago
Yoichi Oishi♦Yoichi Oishi
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I came to know the word, “snitty” for the first time from the remark of Mr. William Barr during his testimony on Mueller Report in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Washington Post (May 2nd) reports under the headline, ”Pelosi escalates attacks on Trump, compares him to Nixon, as Barr’s defiance angers Democrats”:
Barr dismissed Mueller’s letter as a bit “snitty” and said he believed
it had probably been written by a staff member.”
Neither of online Oxford or Cambridge English Dictionary carries the word, “snitty.”
But Longman Dictionary explains its meaning as “annoyed or rude to somebody because you are annoyed, together with an example, “I get snitty about bad service in restaurants.”
Google Ngram shows the word came into use around 1970, and that its currency made a rapid rise from zero up to 0.0000001853 level in 2000.
What is the exact meaning of the word, "snitty"? Is it just a slang, or "serviceable" English word as being publicly used by a man of dignity in an official situation? What is the origin of this word?
meaning usage origin-unknown
meaning usage origin-unknown
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from snit n. etymonline
"state of agitation, fit of temper," 1939, American English, of
unknown origin. First in Claire Boothe's "Kiss the Boys Good-bye,"
which gives it a U.S. Southern context.
The OED registers snitty 1978, an adjective as:
slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Ill-tempered, sulky.
The use of the noun and adjective are infrequent in print, more frequent in spoken AmE.
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from snit n. etymonline
"state of agitation, fit of temper," 1939, American English, of
unknown origin. First in Claire Boothe's "Kiss the Boys Good-bye,"
which gives it a U.S. Southern context.
The OED registers snitty 1978, an adjective as:
slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Ill-tempered, sulky.
The use of the noun and adjective are infrequent in print, more frequent in spoken AmE.
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from snit n. etymonline
"state of agitation, fit of temper," 1939, American English, of
unknown origin. First in Claire Boothe's "Kiss the Boys Good-bye,"
which gives it a U.S. Southern context.
The OED registers snitty 1978, an adjective as:
slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Ill-tempered, sulky.
The use of the noun and adjective are infrequent in print, more frequent in spoken AmE.
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from snit n. etymonline
"state of agitation, fit of temper," 1939, American English, of
unknown origin. First in Claire Boothe's "Kiss the Boys Good-bye,"
which gives it a U.S. Southern context.
The OED registers snitty 1978, an adjective as:
slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Ill-tempered, sulky.
The use of the noun and adjective are infrequent in print, more frequent in spoken AmE.
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from snit n. etymonline
"state of agitation, fit of temper," 1939, American English, of
unknown origin. First in Claire Boothe's "Kiss the Boys Good-bye,"
which gives it a U.S. Southern context.
The OED registers snitty 1978, an adjective as:
slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Ill-tempered, sulky.
The use of the noun and adjective are infrequent in print, more frequent in spoken AmE.
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