Prig

"And a plain prig my nephew Edward," continued the old gentleman. ❋ Unknown (1913)

Your true prig is always self-conscious, but Edward was not at all self-conscious. ❋ Unknown (1913)

Lord E. 's "prig" -- see Jonathan Wild for the definition of ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

He does not hesitate to make his champion a prig, which is exactly what a youth so idolised by his family would be likely to become. ❋ Various (N/A)

"A prig is a handsome fellow born to create disturbance among the ladies." ❋ Various (N/A)

When, however, I thought over what she had said I was not so pleased, for I began to see that if the summer was to be splendid and I was not to be called a prig I must give up the idea of taking her to the ❋ Charles Turley (1904)

A prig is a tedious individual who, having made a discovery, is so impressed by his discovery that he is capable of being gravely displeased because the entire world is not also impressed by it. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)

A prig is a pompous fool who has gone out for a ceremonial walk, and without knowing it has lost an important part of his attire, namely, his sense of humour. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)

Now a prig is a pert fellow who gives himself airs of superior wisdom. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)

That he was what we should nowadays call a prig we know, and also that he possessed his father's, Montalvo's, readiness of speech without his father's sense of humour. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

The prig is a very interesting psychological study, and though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something. ❋ Oscar Wilde (1877)

Mr. Cardew would have been called a prig by those who did not know him well. ❋ Mark Rutherford (1872)

A prig is a stuck-up silly creature, and a prude is always thinking everything wicked. ❋ Emily Sarah Holt (1864)

Marlow is a coxcombical prig, that is the truth on't; and if a man will expose himself, why, he must even take what follows. ❋ William Godwin (1796)

Do not think me a "prig," dear Harry, I beg of you, for I am sure that you will agree with me that even a seemingly innocent wager on a football match may lead in later life to a taste for gambling with dice and cards or even worse. ❋ Donald Ogden Stewart (1937)

Booth was acutely reminded that the term "prig" as applied to Leslie was a misnomer; he hated the thought of the other word, which reflectively he rhymed with "pad." ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)

Some called him a "prig" and declared that he was "stuck up" and conceited. ❋ Unknown (1887)

He held himself sharply erect, and in his plain naval uniform, with the three Commander's stripes on the sleeve, made, in her eyes, an even more distinguished figure than the gallant and decorated hero on his left, with whom Helena seemed to be so particularly engaged, "prig" though she had dubbed him. ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

The advantages to be obtained at Messrs. Campbell's establishment soon became known, and although it required a great effort to induce thrifty housewives to desist from attempting to cheapen and "prig" down their goods, Messrs. Campbell ultimately succeeded in putting a stop to the practice, so far at least as their own establishment was concerned. ❋ Unknown (1879)

"If father was determined to make me either a [Prig] or a [Mule], and I am not a Prig, why, it stands to reason, I must be a Mule." -Charles [Dickens] ❋ Valda Tichenor (2006)

[Dave Grohl] is the King of all Prigs. When black people make fun of [whites] it's Dave Grohl they're [imitating]. ❋ Bb's (2012)

[Mary] is a [big fat] [prig] ❋ Marve Turney (2022)

A [prig] will be the guy in your neighborhood who tries to change town [ordinances] to prevent his neighbors from building a modern house on the same street as his precious center-hall colonial. Because in his mind, modern design is "bad", and traditional [cookie-cutter] homes are "good" by virtue of their normality. ❋ 07079 (2009)

Let's [prig] to the [Lord]. ❋ CuunCuunLips (2022)

Example 1) Person 1: "He probably doesn't even have HPV. I bet he never watches porn, or has ever been to a strip club." Person 2: "His girlfriend and him probably just talk on the phone about their feelings and shit. And I bet he's never asked for a nude; and they have never had phone sex. What a prig." Person 3: "Stop [prig shaming] the poor guy!" Example 2) Sister 1: "Aw crap [Prude shaming] is already in the Urban Dictionary!" Sister 2: "Can you look up prude in a [thesauraus]?" Sister 1: "Yes! Good idea! Crap I can't find any good words." Sister 2: "Let's keep looking." Sister 1: "How about Prig?" Sister 2: "Fuck yeah" Sister 1: "[Prig Shaming] has a good ring to it!" ❋ Just An Average Jess (2023)

“Remember that [racist prig] Karen who called 911 [on the Black] photographer in [Central Park]?” “My aunt was such a racist prig, she wouldn’t let trick or treaters of color put their hands in the bowl of candy.” ❋ The Biggest Jeanius (2021)