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Shirty vs Shinty - What's the difference?

shirty | shinty |

As an adjective shirty

is ill-tempered or annoyed.

As a noun shinty is

a game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.

shirty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
    • I didn't ask my father for money, figuring he'd get shirty about it since I had quit school and had no job.
  • * 1897 , :
    • "You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?"
    "I'm not shirty ; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer."

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    shinty

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (sports) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.

    • Synonyms

    * camanachd

    References

    * The Camanachd Association