uppity

uppity

informal Haughtily arrogant, conceited, or self-important. Just because I know the best way to do things doesn't make me uppity! The last thing my restaurant needs right now is some uppity college student who thinks they're too good to wash dishes.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

uppity

(ˈəpədi)
mod. haughty. (Folksy.) Why is she so uppity?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • swellhead
  • married
  • marry
  • marry above oneself
  • above
  • above (oneself)
  • above yourself
  • too big for one's britches (breeches)
  • like to hear (oneself) talk
  • like to hear oneself talk
References in periodicals archive
Harper McAllister is the nice girl in the mean, rich, uppity girl clique because she buys gifts for everyone--a $700 espresso cart for the basketball team after their fifth lost in a row, $350 for matching t-shirts for her English class to wear to a poetry slam, $600 at Red Door Spa to relieve tension headaches before midterms--but McDaddy has now seen the bill.
These are just a few of the offerings onstage at this year's Briefs, a festival of 10-minute plays on LGBT themes produced by Uppity Theatre Company and its media partner, Vitul Voice, a magazine for St.
When those ripples would get too uppity, lapping the bottom not a foot
This is welcome news, because while we don't doubt her exceptional talent and intelligence, she has to let go of her uppity ways to reach the masa."
Joan Lipkin is the Artistic Director of That Uppity Theatre Company.
But, if we're going to get uppity about stuff being added to our food, I can think of more alarming things than the winner of last year's 2.10pm at Goodwood.
Don't I live with an uppity woman who thinks a freeborn mixed Kentuckian like myself makes a fine house gal for anyone from Carolina who's got a Jamaican grannie?
Lupe Fiasco went on a political rant on his Twitter account, saying he was "sick of you uppity black n " after being labeled "dumb" by comedian D.L.
Uppity: My Untold Story about the Games People Play.
Let your little brother get a bit uppity, and you never know where it could end.
"There's no one in the group that doesn't get a little bit uppity about comments made in the media or publicly," Nielsen said.
Feder, and Anne Tamar-Mattis warn against trying to prevent homosexuality and uppity women; Susan Gilbert unpacks the details of a study that found--surprise!--industry-funded trials are more likely to publish favorable drug outcomes; and L.
I SEE those ghastly creatures on the terracing have been getting uppity again.
Priced between Rs 1.30 lakh and Rs 2.10 lakh, these are sure to become centre of uppity conversations.
I usually eat out/take in, but I was feeling uppity. I sauteed while watching The Real Housewives o f New York reunion, and these women are really harsh (except Bethenny, holler!).