scaredy
The origin and history of scaredy.
Etymology
Formed by shortening the familiar playground insult "scaredy-cat," itself built from "scared" plus the informal ending "-y."
The origin and history of scaredy.
Formed by shortening the familiar playground insult "scaredy-cat," itself built from "scared" plus the informal ending "-y."
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