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Petty is when you make a fucking big deal over small shit.
You're petty. All I said was 'I wasn't interested.' Can you plz chill bitch?
by omfggdiana February 18, 2017
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May 19 Word of the Day
Voluntarily Celibate.
A person who chooses to be celibate. Can be for any given amount of time, for a short period or for their entire life. Can be for religious reasons or not.

related: incel
-Priests are volcel (or at least they're supposed to be).

-Gary was so upset after the divorce he became volcel for the rest of his life.
by kay_see October 23, 2007
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1. making things, events, or actions normal people dismiss as trivial or insignificant into excuses to be upset, uncooperative, childish, or stubborn.

2. A person who habitually overreacts.

3. A person who is purposefully childish with the intent of illiciting a reaction (sometimes funny).

4. An immature over reaction in retaliation of an undesired outcome.
1. Susie is upset the teacher didn't call on her after answering three times in a row. She's petty.

2. I really don't feel like going over Xenobia's house today, you know shes mad petty.

3. She told me if I change the game I might have a chance so I turned the channel from Knicks to the PGA tour.

4. "Oooooooh so you want to stay out all night?" *changes locks on front door*
by Ch1ef July 20, 2016
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When someone overreacts over the littlest things
someone gets mad because the microwave door was left open. That's being petty
by Dj Ellis March 21, 2017
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someone who does something in an attempt to hurt another person but really just makes themself look like a fucking idiot
McKinley keeps subtweeting me, she's so damn petty
by Pettygal1234 July 16, 2017
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