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proly, n. and a. Usu. derogatory.|ˈprəʊlɪ|
Also prolly.
[f. proletarian a. and n.]
A. n. = prole n.
1959J. Cary Captive & Free 84 Hooper, son of a lorry driver, who worked his way through the grammar school to a varsity, had, like many of his type, a great contempt for the class from which he had sprung. He called it the prolies. He thought of a proly as a born slave and parasite. 1969E. McGirr Entry of Death iii. 64 The politicians say that the prollies prefer to sit back and wait..rather than take direct haction. 1970K. Giles Murder Pluperfect viii. 166 Our Lady might have been..loving the prolies.
B. adj. Of working-class origin; = prole a. Also in phr. prolier-than-thou, after holier-than-thou (see holy a. 5 c).
1971Listener 2 Sept. 311/3 This ‘prolier than thou’ account. 1972C. Drummond Death at Bar iii. 69 It was one thing..for people of decent family and quite another for prolly sergeants. 1977Time Out 28 Jan.–3 Feb. 3/3 The prolier-than-thou sectarianism of the new convert to Marxism is all too evident in her letter. |