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Post by Weyland on May 16, 2011 8:06:37 GMT
feisty adjective
(feistier, feistiest) spirited and exuberant.
DERIVATIVES feistily adverb feistiness noun
ORIGIN C19: from earlier feist, fist 'small dog', from fisting cur or hound, a derogatory term for a lapdog, from Middle English fist 'break wind'; cf. fizzle.
Hooda thunk it?!
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Post by riotgrrl on May 26, 2011 6:53:24 GMT
Feisty is a sexist word. You never a man referred to as 'feisty'.
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Post by aubrey on May 26, 2011 11:37:27 GMT
And it is often taken to mean bloody rude, by scriptwriters, etc.
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