uppity

IPA: ˈʌpʌti

Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
Exceeding one's station or position, assuming prerogatives to which one is not entitled.

Examples of "uppity" in Sentences

Or called him "uppity" -- on at least two occasions.
"I think the word uppity was invented so they'd have something to call you."
What are people actually saying when you hear the word uppity in association with Senator Barack Obama?
So when Olbermann asks Obama to respond to an ugly use of the word uppity, Obama just laughs when we expected anger.
They start cursing what they call "uppity Catalans," accusing Barcelona - the capital of Catalonia - of turning the world against bullfighting.
As I mentioned in my pre-election article, one southern politician even called him "uppity" -- and then denied that that had a racial connotation.
We've already seen "uppity" - are we going to see some Repub drop an N-bomb before the end, with others jumping in to legitimize it as part of the political discourse?
Meanwhile Georgia Rep. Lynn Westmoreland calling the Obamas "uppity" -- a slur that is one more downed beer away from being nigger -- barely got a register out of the left.
As Ron Christie demonstrates in his recent book, Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur, the notion that blacks who sought social, cultural or intellectual advancement were "acting white" was a slur that originated during slavery and Reconstruction as a way for whites to keep down so-called "uppity" blacks.