Citations:grumpy pants

English citations of grumpy pants, grumpy-pants, and grumpypants

Noun: "(countable, informal, sometimes used attributively) a person who is currently in a bad mood or is habitually cranky"

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• 1954, Philip Wylie, The Best of Crunch and Des, Rinehart (1954), page 360:

  "You fish, pal. Old grumpy-pants doesn't own the ocean!"

• 1991, Barbara Hall, Dixie Storms, Bantam Starfire (1991), →ISBN, page 90:

  "Don't pay no attention to her," said Bodean. "She's an old grumpy pants."

• 2003, Cindy Kenney, Jonah: A Worm's Eye View, ZonderKidz (2003), →ISBN, unknown page:

  Jonah did not seem a bit pleased to see me. In fact, he was being a big old grumpy-pants.

• 2003, Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones, Scribner (2003), →ISBN, page 205:

  “There's no need to be a grumpy pants, Detective.”

• 2004, Anne Ichikawa, "Horoscope", ELLEgirl, June-July 2004, page 58:

  While your friends are off buying their overpriced mochas, try not to be a grumpy-pants—use this time to transcend such shallow materialistic values.

• 2006, Alison Wilgus, Sooper Secrets and Boomerang Bloopers, Scholastic (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  Especially Wally, the big grumpypants!

• 2009, Leigh Wyndfield, Veiled Heat, Samhain Publishing (2009), →ISBN, page 47:

  Besides, who did he think he was stomping around in a bad mood all the time? Captain Grumpypants.

• 2010, Eric Alexander, The Summit, New Leaf Press (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  It wasn't hard climbing and it certainly beat being around old grumpy-pants climbers.

• 2011, Kathy Reichs, Flash and Bones, Pocket Books (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  "Petey's being a grumpy-pants about every little thing"

• 2012, Ellie Daines, Lolly Luck, Anderson Press Limited (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  I was worried the supply teacher would be some grumpy-pants who liked sending kids out of the room if they dared to interrupt while they were speaking.

• 2012, Daisy Dunn, Fire's Devotion, Siren Publishing (2012), →ISBN, page 30:

  Now how can I possibly be interested in Mr. Grumpypants when I could have an amazing time with Ethan?

• 2012, Diana Rowland, Sins of the Demon, DAW (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  “Okay, grumpypants. Tracy already gave you the gist?”

• 2012, C. Hendrik Viskil, Uneleven: Academy of Arcane Arts, Llumina Press (2012), →ISBN, page 52:

  “So, Sir Grumpypants, since you've learned to open up, are you going to stop being such a jerk all the time?”

• 2013, Eve Langlais, B785: Cyborg Romance, self-published (2013), →ISBN, page 74:

  “Charming, there you are. I've been looking all over for you. Grumpy pants here wouldn't tell me where you went.”

• 2013, G. M. Malliet, Pagan Spring, Thomas Dunne Books (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  “Melinda, who was leading a dog's life with old grumpypants— the world's greatest writer and actor, to hear him tell it—had in recent months cheered up no end. […]

• 2013, MIke Tapscott, Homeless Hero, Abbott Press (2013), →ISBN, page 137:

  “This is the grumpy lady?” I ask.

  “Yes, grumpypants lady.”

Noun: "(uncountable, informal) a notional pair of pants worn by someone in a bad mood"

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• 2011, C. J. Castano, Forbidden Innocence, Lulu.com (2011), →ISBN, page 115:

  "What is everyone's problem this morning? Did everyone wake up with their grumpy pants on?"

• 2011, Scott Semegran, The Spectacular Simon Burchwood, Sugar Skull Books (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  "Well, look who put on his grumpy pants today?" Gina said, punching me in the arm. She was really starting to get on my last goddamn nerves.

• 2013, Edward Viljoen, The Power of Meditation: An Ancient Technique to Access Your Inner Power, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  I notice that when I move through the world at this pace, I tend to do what a friend calls “wearing my grumpy pants.”

Adjective: "(informal) cranky"

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• 2013, Kaz Cooke, Mind Your Mental Health: Dealing With Moods, Grief, Depression, Anxiety, Eating Disorders & More, Viking (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  Meanwhile, others are practically allergic to the idea of a self-help book, or at least very grumpypants about the bad ones […]