judgy-pants

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English

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Etymology

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From judgy +‎ -pants.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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judgy-pants (plural judgy-pants)

  1. (slang, derogatory, sometimes attributive) An excessively judgmental person.
    • 2011, Colleen Bezeau, "Editor's Note", Okanagan Child, Summer 2011, page 5:
      Parenting is hard enough without having judgy-pants people interfering.
    • 2011 October 26, Dani Katz, “An Un-Sucky Surprise”, in Santa Fe Reporter:
      Well, at least one kid might not suck, I think, ever the judgy-pants snob-a-rina, silently snarking in the third row.
    • 2013 June 30, Lauren Laverne, “Lauren Laverne on style: flat shoes”, in The Guardian:
      I don't want to be an awful judgy-pants about this, obviously.