bratty

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæti/, [ˈbɹæɾi]
• Rhymes: -æti

Etymology 1

From brat +‎ -y.

Adjective

bratty (comparative brattier or more bratty, superlative brattiest or most bratty)

1. Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     When Laura tells Bart that she can teach him to dance, Bart and Laura are suddenly transformed into Astaire and Rogers in a black-and-white fantasy sequence before Bart’s reverie is abruptly ended when Laura reverts back to bratty tomboy form and gives him a wedgie.

2. (neologism) Characterstic of brat (the qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman).
   • 2024 June 26, Lillian Hingley, “Brat by Charli XCX is a work of contemporary imagist poetry – and a reclamation of 'bratty' women's art”, in The Conversation‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-07-25:

     Critics are increasingly examining their prejudice towards media that has been derided for its femininity, girlishness and brattiness – perhaps most notably, Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, a film that is now praised for the bratty qualities it was derided for in 2006. Indeed, online music magazine Pitchfork "rescored" Charli's EP Vroom Vroom from a 4.5 upon its release in 2016 to a 7.8 in 2021.

   • 2024 July 25, Meg Donohue, Dale Chong, “Same Same But Different: We're Feeling Bratty This Summer”, in Elle‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-08-27:

     I'm revisiting all my favorite Y2K trends, including slogan tees, trucker hats, wedge flip-flops, and barbed wire tramp stamps. Diesel and Miaou are two brands that feel particularly bratty to me, and I'm dreaming about this strawberry latex halter specifically.

   • 2024 August 27, Brooke LaMantia, “Naomi Osaka Is Having a Brat U.S. Open”, in The Cut‎^[4], archived from the original on 2024-08-28:

     Tennis champion Naomi Osaka is back in the U.S. Open for the first time in two years, and she’s off to a spectacular start. Not only did she win her first-round match against No. 10 seed Jelena Ostapenko early on Thursday, but she stepped onto the court into one of the best (and brattiest) outfits we’ve seen in the past few years.

Derived terms

• brattily
• brattiness
• unbratty

 

Etymology 2

Noun

bratty (plural bratties)

1. (India) A cake of dried cow dung, used for fuel.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “bratty”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].