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• s  (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed

• In London, Author Wells was a little shirty, too.
• Despite his sometimes shirty demeanor, Richard Darman, George Bush's Budget Director, is known around the White House as an accomplished comedian.
• Each man is privately fascinated with the other, both have relied on consultant Dick Morris, and both can turn shirty on camera if they aren't careful.

• snorty

Quotes

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• Jason Gillespie in CricInfo.com
  You can get shirty about it but it is not going to achieve a hell of a lot,Gillespie concluded. "I have got my way of ignoring what is going on."
• Terry Jones in Telegraph.co.uk
  So there was this tension between us,says Jones. "I got a bit shirty with him, and he wouldn't talk to me. He never forgave me for about 12 years."