Meaning of -pants | Babel Free

Definitions

Used with adjectives ending in -y to form nicknames based on a negative quality of a person.

derogatory, informal, morpheme, usually

Examples

“[book title]”

“We used to call her Miss Bossy Pants when she was a kid.”

“You had to pull one of your stupid disappearing tricks because you were being a pouty-pants.”

“Gee, maybe her name should be "Princess Demandy Pants".”

“bossypants, fancypants, smarty pants, greedy-pants, pouty pants”

“Diplomats sharing the draft with each other said they were puzzled by the logic undergirding it. One U.S. diplomat described the draft to POLITICO as “bonkers crazypants.””

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