Back-patty

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Self-congratulatory or self-aggrandizing. idiomatic

    "We can all start off feeling back-patty and warm with our secret selves, having identified a literary allusion."

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"We can all start off feeling back-patty and warm with our secret selves, having identified a literary allusion."

Etymology

From back-pat + -y.

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