shirty

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shirty

/ˈʃɝ.ti/ US
/ˈʃɜː.ti/ UK

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ti

Where it comes from

From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.

adjective shirtier · shirtiest

Australia, UK, informal Ill-tempered or annoyed. "You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?" "I'm not shirty; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer."

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adj ill-tempered or annoyed

Русский	раздражённый razdražónnyj

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@misc{shirty_2026,
  title = {shirty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shirty},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}