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tosserish en · ADJ

Etymology

From tosser + -ish.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang, vulgar) Like a tosser (obnoxious person).
    • 'He is unfortunately developing tosserish elements,' she said into his ear. 2020, Joanna Briscoe, The Seduction:
    • Clearly, there are many ways of being less tosserish in life. But, surely, one of those ways involves not farting on and on about how much your standard of living has improved since you 'cut out all the crap and left all that mess behind'. 2011, Steve Lowe, Alan McArthur, The Best Of Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?:

Forms

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more tosserish Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most tosserish Degree=Sup lexicographic