judgy-pants

judgy-pants

English

Etymology

judgy +‎ -pants

Noun

judgy-pants (plural judgy-pants)

1. (slang, derogatory, sometimes attributive) An excessively judgmental person.
   • 2011, Colleen Bezeau, "Editor's Note", Okanagan Child, Summer 2011, page 5:

     Parenting is hard enough without having judgy-pants people interfering.

   • 2011, Dani Katz, "An Un-Sucky Surprise", Santa Fe Reporter, 26 October 2011:

     Well, at least one kid might not suck, I think, ever the judgy-pants snob-a-rina, silently snarking in the third row.

   • 2013, Lauren Laverne, "Lauren Laverne on style: flat shoes", The Guardian, 30 June 2013:

     I don't want to be an awful judgy-pants about this, obviously.