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crybully

noun

Etymology

Blend of crybaby + bully.

  1. derived from *bōlô✻
  2. derived from *buolo✻
  3. derived from boel
  4. derived from boel
  5. compounded as crybully — “crybaby + bully”

Definitions

  1. A person who engages in intimidation, harassment, or other abusive behaviour while…

    A person who engages in intimidation, harassment, or other abusive behaviour while claiming to be a victim, often using the perceived victimization to induce others to engage in bullying of the intended victim.

    • This is the age of the Cry-Bully, a hideous hybrid of victim and victor, weeper and walloper. They are everywhere, these duplicit Pushmi-Pullyus of the personal and the political

  2. To engage in behavior characteristic of a crybully

    To engage in behavior characteristic of a crybully; to intimidate, harass or abuse another person or group of people while claiming to be a victim.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA