(, British, informal, dated) A familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.
Don't get uppish with me, sonny Jim: you're as dead as he is.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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