Wordie: Shirty: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:08:13 +0000

Haha! I've heard chesty used this way too. :-)

Comment by anydelirium, 9 months ago

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:01:42 +0000

'"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

PS!

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:48:49 +0000

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!

AmHer sez:

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:17:41 +0000

“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.

Comment by John, about 1 year ago

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:56:41 +0000

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"