eristic vs ratty

eristic

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

ratty

adj
  • Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable. 

  • In poor condition or repair. 

  • Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike. 

  • Infested with rats. 

  • Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with. 

noun
  • Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”) 

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