"briggity"?

[Joan Houston Hall]

"Briggity" is a wonderful word found chiefly in the southern Appalachians,
meaning (according to DARE) "Self-assertive, conceited, headstrong."


At 01:43 PM 3/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>        Is anyone on this list familiar with the term "briggity"? I came
>across it in some material on the late Joseph Pulitzer, who said, in
>launching his New York World in the late 1800s, he wanted to content to be
>"brief, breezy and briggity."
>        Anyone have an idea of what he meant? I'm sure at least one of my
>Media History students is going to ask.
>
>        Jerry Miller
>        Franklin College of Indiana
>