self-helpy

adjective

Reminiscent of self-help literature.

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Meanings

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

comparative more self-helpy · superlative most self-helpy

  1. derogatoryinformalReminiscent 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

Origin

From self-help + -y.

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APA

self-helpy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-helpy

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“self-helpy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-helpy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-helpy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-helpy.

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