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pushmi-pullyus

pushmi-pullyus is the plural of pushmi-pullyu.

Meaning of pushmi-pullyu

Noun

pushmi-pullyu (plural pushmi-pullyus)

  1. A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner.
    • 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 political2015 April 21, Julie Burchill, “Meet the Cry-Bully: a hideous hybrid of victim and victor”, in The Spectator

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Questions about pushmi-pullyus

What is pushmi-pullyus the plural of?
Pushmi-pullyus is the plural of pushmi-pullyu.

Words near pushmi-pullyus in the dictionary

  1. Pushmataha County
  2. pushme-pullyou
  3. pushme-pullyous
  4. pushmepullyou
  5. pushmi-pullyu
  6. pushmi-pullyus
  7. pushmobile
  8. pushmobiles
  9. pushmow
  10. pushmowed
  11. pushmower

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