A shortening of the word crotchety, is used to refer to an old person who’s old, bitter, slow, stubborn, not with the times, et cetera. Used as a pejorative
The old man Peanut who lives next door is so crotchy, he’s always yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off his lawn.
by Poochie La La May 8, 2022
by Ben February 21, 2004