A noun to describe someone who is contrary and making the attempt to start a fight. This may have originated in New Orleans, but I'm not sure.
There was a girl at school today that was very humbuggish. She continued to insult and pick a fight with Mary.
by Tiffani Sneed September 25, 2007
Get the humbuggish mug.The artful dodge of putting down an activity someone finds an interest in. There's an implication that there's something wrong with the person who likes the activity, but because it's not spelled outright, there's plausible deniability.
Person A: I don't get why people like sportsball. It's so boring.
Person B: You're humbugging me because I like baseball?
Person A: I didn't say you're bad for liking sportsball...
Person B: No, but there's a strong implication there.
Person B: You're humbugging me because I like baseball?
Person A: I didn't say you're bad for liking sportsball...
Person B: No, but there's a strong implication there.
by Sapphistry September 6, 2018
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A southern way of saying somebody is always Bowing up , all on somebody case, tryna go for bad, or always wanting to fight. I'm sure black folks made it up lol
Nae: I don't like Lisa
Brad: why you don't like her ?
Nae: cause one day she wanted to be humbuggin/humbuggidy & get loud I bout slapped her
I don't hang with Lisa she always humbugging folks
Brad: why you don't like her ?
Nae: cause one day she wanted to be humbuggin/humbuggidy & get loud I bout slapped her
I don't hang with Lisa she always humbugging folks
by Factssssz June 28, 2020
Get the Humbuggin/humbuggidy mug.(n) A person who, for reasons other than religion, strongly dislikes anything to do with holidays and/or the holiday season, especially Christmas. A holiday hater.
Derived from the phrase, "Bah, humbug!" originally spoken by the miser Ebenezer Scrooge in the novella A Christmas Carol (1843) by English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870).
Derived from the phrase, "Bah, humbug!" originally spoken by the miser Ebenezer Scrooge in the novella A Christmas Carol (1843) by English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870).
by Scatterbrainiac March 27, 2021
Get the humbuggian mug.The act of selfishly touching one's self sexually in a public restroom, before hanging yourself there due to a hatred of all Christmas music.
I caught Mason humbugging in the bathroom, but didn't try to stop him since he was bitching about my Christmas music in November... He's gone now.
by SwannyOG September 14, 2016
Get the Humbugging mug.a sexual position in which a male is on top of a female with her legs all the way over his shoulders and he is in a squatting position over her. done perfectly looks as if the two are in a ball.
by dick starbuck March 30, 2004
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