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pimpy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From pimp + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal, slang) Like a pimp.
    • Like Mr. Paresi, a pimpy Brooklyn lawyer who my mother claims is the number-one criminal defense attorney in New York, complete with an impressive roster of Mafia clients. 1997, Harold Augenbraum, Margarite Fernández Olmos, The Latino reader, page 477:
    • It’s kind of pimpy, sleazy, Eurotrash-guys-in-Vegas fashion, but it’s fashion.” 2007 September 16, Alex Kuczynski, “Nude Awakening”, in New York Times:

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more pimpy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pimpy Degree=Sup lexicographic