Okay, one of my treasured readers is getting totally bent out of shape by my use of the term 'Uppity' to describe some mighty fine (with the likely exception of the triplets, Palin, Bachmann and Angle) women.
The meaning of uppity in my OED, American Edition, is:
uppity |ˈəpətē|
adjective informal
self-important; arrogant : an uppity sister-in-law.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: a fanciful formation from up .
The Oxford Writer's Thesaurus gives alternates:
arrogant, snobbish, hoity-toity, snooty, pretentious, bumptious, full of oneself, puffed up, conceited, pompous, self-assertive, overbearing, cocky, cocksure, impertinent, haughty, self-important, superior, presumptuous, overweening, uppish, high and mighty; too big for one's britches/boots.
And from Dictionary.com we have:
up·pi·ty [uhp-i-tee]
–adjective Informal .
1. affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish.
2. rebelliously self-assertive; not inclined to be tractable or deferential.
Readers of the blog will remember that I took the title from Vicki Leon's books of the same name.
But readers, you tell me... Participate in the poll below. What do you think is conveyed? Feel free to comment after you vote, too.
