pearl-clutchy

comparative more pearl-clutchy · superlative most pearl-clutchy

1. derogatoryidiomaticinformalPrim, prudish, or easily offended.

   Elsewhere, news organizations were even more pearl-clutchy.

   2013 August 11, Jason Linkins, “Warts And All: News Organizations Struggle With The Word 'Slutbag'”, in Huffington, page 11

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   […] I doubt he's going to get all pearl-clutchy about people sleeping together.”

   2015, Gretchen Galway, This Time Next Door, unnumbered page

   I'm not a fan of that theory, mainly because Potter is a British franchise, and Brits tend to be a bit less pearl-clutchy about drinks with trace amounts of alcohol in them.

   2019, Jeff Cioletti, Drink Like a Geek: Cocktails, Brews, and Spirits for the Nerd in All of Us, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: pearl-clutching