scorpy

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Adjective

scorpy (not generally comparable, comparative scorpier, superlative scorpiest)

  1. (Ireland, slang, derogatory) Bad-tempered; hotheaded.
    • 2021, Peter McKenna, 16:58 from the start, in Kin, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Nikita Murphy (Yasmin Seky):
      You're a scorpy cunt, anyway.

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