pearl-clutchy

English

Etymology

From pearl-clutch(ing) +‎ -y.

Adjective

pearl-clutchy (comparative more pearl-clutchy, superlative most pearl-clutchy)

1. (idiomatic, informal, derogatory) Prim, prudish, or easily offended.
   • 2013 August 11, Jason Linkins, “Warts And All: News Organizations Struggle With The Word 'Slutbag'”, in Huffington, page 11:

     Elsewhere, news organizations were even more pearl-clutchy.

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

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

   • 2019, Jeff Cioletti, Drink Like a Geek: Cocktails, Brews, and Spirits for the Nerd in All of Us‎^[1], 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.

Synonyms

• pearl-clutching