backstabby

adj

Etymology

From backstab + -y.

  1. derived from stob
  2. derived from stobbi
  3. derived from stob
  4. derived from stabbe
  5. compounded as backstab — “back + stab
  6. suffixed as backstabby — “backstab + y

Definitions

  1. characteristic of deceit and treachery

    • That would seem to be a recipe for constant tension but Dratch says that backstage at SNL is not a competitive backstabby kind of atmosphere.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backstabby. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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