If someone described a person as chippy, what would that mean please?

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Ha, that was my thought. My dad ran a building firm. If he needed a chippy, he needed a carpenter or joiner.

I'm NW and definitely know chippy as touchy and defensive.

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adjective: chippy
(of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority.
"I thought she was hostile and chippy"

See also:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/15/private-school-officials-called-labour-minister-chippy-in-private-messages

Chippy means feeling hard done by in life or in some specific area and letting people know in a slightly aggressive way . It's an insult.

It's an adjective in this context, surely?

Agree with 'prickly; easily offended' as the definition.

FFS. I'm barely awake, but it's still not excusable. Adjective, not pronoun

A carpenter. A sparky is an electrician. I think chipper is happy. Maybe chippy is someone who makes fish and chips! 😀

We posted at the same time @LaPerduta ! And yep, I'm losing it

resentful, irritable, complaining, in a quick comment each time but recurring persistent way. Not a lot of fun in those moments, tiresome.

Perhaps you were thinking along the lines of 'chip/chipself'? 😃

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I like chipself!

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I came on to say this.

Argumentative. Abrasive. Keen to pick a fight.

Chippy prickly easily offended same as snippy

Chipper happy having a good day

Chippy = carpenter
Chipper = happy, carefree

Easily offended.

Definitely means easily offended and takes everything as a personal sleight

I always smile when people say where they are from in this context like they've never been exspoed to words from outside their region, don't read or watch TV or speak to anyone 😀

Chip on their shoulder. Inferiority complex most likely.

You often see it applied to working class people in C20 period dramas. Room at the Top offhand example.

A chippy is a carpenter. Never heard it used in another context.

😆at chippy as a pronoun. To be honest I do know a few people who seem like they might identify this way.

Chippy means quick to anger or gets offended or pissed off by any minor infraction.

Chipper is happy and sunny