[Ads-l] Antedating of "Uppity"

[Ben Zimmer]

Bonnie shared this one a couple years back.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2023-April/163324.html

On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM Shapiro, Fred <
00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> Uppity (OED 1880)
>
> 1878 Bill Arp in Daily Constitution (Atlanta) 13 Oct. 1/5 (Newspapers.com)
>
> There's another class of people that's supportin [sic] the parson ... them
> what's bigoty and uppity and finiky [sic].
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>

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