prickery
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
prickery (uncountable)
- (slang) The actions or attitudes of a prick; prickish behaviour.
- Synonym: prickishness
- 2015 July, Michael Hogan, The Telegraph:
- The women's game isn't blighted with nearly as much preening, posing or all-round prickery.
- 2017, Jules Radcliffe, Penitent Pirate:
- “God's blood, Thomas, self-righteous prickery is not the preserve of the English!”
- 2018 January 25, Marina Hyde, The Guardian:
- It is hard to zone in on a particular Dragon or ex-Dragon, given the strong claims to prickery of both Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne.