Swotty
adj, slang
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Studious; being a swot; nerdy. British, slang
"According to [Tony] Buzan, orthodox forms of note-taking don't stick in the head because they employ only the left brain, the swotty side, leaving our right brain, like many creative types, kicking its heels on the sofa, watching trash TV and waiting for a job offer that never comes."
Example
More examples"According to [Tony] Buzan, orthodox forms of note-taking don't stick in the head because they employ only the left brain, the swotty side, leaving our right brain, like many creative types, kicking its heels on the sofa, watching trash TV and waiting for a job offer that never comes."
Etymology
From swot + -y.
More for "swotty"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.