asshatty

English

Etymology

asshat +‎ -y

Adjective

asshatty (comparative more asshatty, superlative most asshatty)

1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory) Like an asshat; obnoxiously foolish, rude, etc.
   • 2009, Nora Roberts, Vision in White‎^[1], Berkley, →ISBN:

     […] My behavior was ass-hatty in the extreme. Everything I said was from the box of stupid I brought in with me. Since I can't take it back, you have to forgive me. You don't have a choice.”

   • 2012, E. Gabriella Coleman (quoting Encyclopedia Dramatica), "Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls: The Politics of Transgression and Spectacle", in The Social Media Reader (ed. Michael Mandiberg), New York University Press (2012), →ISBN, page 112:

     Symptoms include being inconsiderate and generally asshatty to friends and family, the common offensive use of racial epithets, and a tendency to interfere in other people's business uninvited “for the laughs.”

   • 2013, Katie MacAlister, Time Thief‎^[2], Signet, →ISBN:

     Gregory will join the Watch and help you make Travellers less asshatty, […]

Synonyms

• asshattish