>>I'm sure you did but Alex has already got me down as Terry the prig (I've been called some names in my life but never that)
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>>>>I apologize. I meant it entirely in jest and good humour...
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>>Then I apologize. It was not meant that way. It is not a word I'm that familiar with. Hadn't seen it in years. "Priggishness" sounded funny. No harm meant.
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>Ah, that's alright, Alex. I'm sure you weren't being offensive. But you looked at the defos on that citation?


1. A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
2. (Chiefly British) A petty thief or pickpocket.
3. Archaic A conceited dandy; a fop.


I meant #1 of course. Or is being a "fop" that bad? :-)