"briggity"?

[Anne Lambert]

DARE has "briggity" and calls it an alteration of "biggity."  The superlative
(I love this) is "bricketyest."

Joan Houston Hall wrote:

> "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
> >