| Word | a chip on your shoulder |
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| Description | a strong and usually long-standing inclination to feel resentful or aggrieved, often about a particular thing a sense of inferiority characterized by a quickness to take offence – informal In 1830 the Long Island Telegraph described the practice which gave rise to this expression…When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoulder of one and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril. a strong and usually long-standing inclination to feel resentful or aggrieved, often about a particular thing a sense of inferiority characterized by a quickness to take offence – informal In 1830 the Long Island Telegraph described the practice which gave rise to this express |
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