Uppity (adj)
up-i-tee
(disparaging, offensive) Affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish.
The etymology of uppity has a very racist past, used particularly to disparage Black people as “Not remembering their place as inferior” “Not offering the expected deference to white people”.
Example sentences
“I could hardly believe it when a troll called me uppity, but I’ll wear it with the same pride as the black people it was originally aimed at should.”
Admin note: I do not use the word uppity due to its racist connotations, and I am offering it as a #WotD for historical interest, rather than as a suggestion to add to your vocabulary.
Classicist, broadcaster, creator of the hit podcast ‘Stands up for the Classics’, and author of several books delving into Greek myth, Natalie Haynes, returns with a new book, set to…
Strictly Come Dancing, the show that inspired the Dancing with the Stars franchise, returns this Autumn with new hosts, new dancers, and of course, new celebrities. So, while you wait…
A newly transcribed story, written by mathematician Alan Turing, offers a new insight into his “playful, funny and cheeky” side, says Cambridge academic, Professor Sarah Dillon. Turing is best known…
Gloria Steinem, the writer, journalist and activist whose work helped transform the conversation around women's rights, has died aged 92. "Steinem died peacefully at her home in New York City…
American poet, novelist, essayist and farmer Wendell Berry has died at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky, aged 92. His family announced that Berry died suddenly and peacefully on August…
The hit TV competition show The Traitors returns with a second series of the Celebrity Traitors version in the Autumn. The BBC have recently released a first-look trailer but while…
A new detective drama series from the BBC and BritBox will see three of Britain’s most acclaimed crime writers unite as part of a mysterious society. Set in 1930s London,…
She leaves behind thousands of songs, films, awards, rhinestones, one of the most recognisable voices in popular music and a catalogue that will probably still be playing long after all…
Casting for an upcoming adaptation of David Nicholls’ You Are Here has been announced with big names in British acting among the stars. In this “witty and tender love story”,…