arsey
adjective
ars·ey ˈär-sē 
1
Australian slang : lucky
I just cannot believe Parramatta won and we lost. We were a 10-point better side, they scored two arsey tries and we had two disallowed, which you could see for sure were OK.
Geoff Johnson, quoted in Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, 2 Sept. 1991
Geoff Johnson, quoted in Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, 2 Sept. 19912
British slang : maliciously spiteful, bad-tempered, or unreasonable
When I told my girlfriend I was going for a drink with my flatmate, she got really arsey. James Petherbridge, Daily Mirror (London), 11 Aug. 2001
James Petherbridge, Daily Mirror (London), 11 Aug. 2001He was just asking you a question and you have to come over all arsey. Zadie Smith, White Teeth, 2000
Zadie Smith, White Teeth, 2000
Word History
Etymology
arse ass entry 4 + -y entry 1; sense 1 after tin-arse "lucky person," tin-arsed "lucky"
First Known Use
1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- physicalize
- physicalized
- physicalizes
- physicalizing
- physicaller
- physicallest
- physicallier
- physicalliest
- physically
- physically distance
- physically distanced
- physically distances
- physically distancing
- physically ill
- physicalness
- physicalnesses
- physicals
- physician
- physician assistant
- rainbird
- rainbirds
- rainbow
- rainbow bird
- rainbow boa
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument