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self-helpy en · ADJ

Etymology

From self-help + -y.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, informal) Reminiscent of self-help literature.
    • ‘Twattiness, hey?’ she said. ‘That’s pretty original. For a self-helpy rant.’ 2014, Chrissie Keighery, chapter 4, in Love Is the New Black, Richmond, Vic.: Hardie Grant Egmont, →ISBN, page 43:

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more self-helpy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most self-helpy Degree=Sup lexicographic