shirty
pronunciation
How to pronounce shirty in British English:
UK [ˈʃɜ:ti]
How to pronounce shirty in American English:
US [ˈʃɜrti]
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- Adjective:
- (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
Word Origin
- shirty (adj.)
- "ill-tempered," 1846, slang, probably from shirt (n.) + -y (2), on notion of being disheveled in anger.
Example
- 1. Don 't get shirty with me !
- 2. Don 't get shirty with me ; it 's not my fault .
- 3. Sorry if I was a little shirty just now .
- 4. You luggage will be here shirty .
- 5. Verizon can get shirty about the word " fibre " .