Meanings
- informalA bossy person.
Gertrude Stein, who might, in her time, have been considered a bit of a bossyboots herself, suggested that semicolons were simply commas with pretensions.
2008, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Punctuation: Art, Politics, and PlaySynonyms: bossy pants
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bossy person.
Origin
Translations
Spanish marimandón
- marimandónbossy person
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bossyboots. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bossyboots
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