prissy
Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.
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Born ~1895 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Considering how prissy ko-fi are I'm shocked you can have _any_ there!
so far we know dumb rock consists of an overly positive doglike girl, a closed off prissy catlike girl, and a bassist who wants to kill themself
She smiled, leaning into the petting. After a few seconds, she gently took Prissy's large hand and kissed the back of it. Christina did her best to kiss up its length to her wrist. Her other hand still stroking the wo…
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Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.
She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses
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Well-mannered; well-behaved.
“Considering how prissy ko-fi are I'm shocked you can have _any_ there!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“so far we know dumb rock consists of an overly positive doglike girl, a closed off prissy catlike girl, and a bassist who wants to kill themself”
— Bluesky· May 2026“She smiled, leaning into the petting. After a few seconds, she gently took Prissy's large hand and kissed the back of it. Christina did her best to kiss up its length to her wrist. Her other hand still stroking the woman's tail.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(usually, _, derogatory) Lacking masculine vigor; sissified; effeminate.
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