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self-helpy

self-helpy adjective: reminiscent of self-help literature.

Adjective

self-helpy (comparative more self-helpy, superlative most self-helpy)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Reminiscent of self-help literature.
    • ‘Twattiness, hey?’ she said. ‘That’s pretty original. For a self-helpy rant.’2014, Chrissie Keighery, chapter 4, in Love Is the New Black, Richmond, Vic.: Hardie Grant Egmont, →ISBN, page 43

Forms of self-helpy

comparativemore self-helpy
superlativemost self-helpy

Origin of self-helpy

From self-help + -y.

Questions about self-helpy

What does self-helpy mean?
Self-helpy means reminiscent of self-help literature.
What part of speech is self-helpy?
Self-helpy is an adjective.

Words near self-helpy in the dictionary

  1. self-helixing
  2. self-help
  3. self-helper
  4. self-helpers
  5. self-helpish
  6. self-helpy
  7. self-heterodyne
  8. self-homeomorphism
  9. self-homeomorphisms
  10. self-homicide
  11. self-host

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