PRIGGISH
<Prig-esh>
Smug; vain; stuffy;
Annoying someone with petty rules.
Your rule is priggish and it will waste
time because it is complicated.
PRIG-
G - ISH
Prig
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(Reminds)
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Pig
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Ish
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(Reminds)
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To be
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We are piggish when we annoy with
rules.
PIG
ISH
Question: You are a sailboat captain. You yell, "Put up the
sails and scuttle ahead!" How fast
do you go?
(c) 2013 E.S. Carruthers
Answer: You
don't. You sink your boat. Scuttle means to sink a ship on purpose.
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