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Chris -- 2025-05-10
There’s a lot of overlap in meaning and connotation between ‘cantankerous’ and ‘cranky.’ Nevertheless, the etymologies are distinct. Examples:
Jeez, I’m getting cranktankerous, pretty soon I’ll be telling my kids to get out of my chair…
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Goodbye Ron Paul …he came across as a cranktankerous old fart complaining about minutia.
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... now that it’s day two in the post-cubs part of the MLB season, i’ve had one day to let out my irrational cranktankerous dusty baker hate …
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GOD F$$# DAMMIT. not only do i have a headache im also very very cranktankerous. ...
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Most likely, this explains her unique personality, a delightful bouquet of cranktankerous and passive-aggressive tendencies.
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The old, cranktankerous gang boss (Niels Arestrup) gives Malik an offer he cannot refuse: Kill or be killed.
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That’s one we missed in our earlier discussion of cantankerous permutations. Good one.
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