Bossyboots

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bossy person. informal

    "Gertrude Stein, who might, in her time, have been considered a bit of a bossyboots herself, suggested that semicolons were simply commas with pretensions."

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bossy pants

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"Gertrude Stein, who might, in her time, have been considered a bit of a bossyboots herself, suggested that semicolons were simply commas with pretensions."

Etymology

From bossy + boots.

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