crybully

[krahy-bool-ee]

noun

plural

crybullies 

1. a person who self-righteously harasses or intimidates others while playing the victim, especially of a perceived social injustice.

   It’s just another group of crybullies who can’t cope with anyone’s views but their own.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crybully¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; cry ( def. ) + bully ¹ ( def. ), on the model of crybaby ( def. )

Example Sentences

Palin’s team kicked off with an emotional opening statement, the sort of appeal that has since been termed crybully conservativism.

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"Now she's doxxing an anonymous account. Lorenz is a typical crybully scumbag. She deserves all the backlash coming her way after this. I hope it makes her cry again."

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Other terms originating on the internet include "crybully," which the website defines as "a person who self-righteously harasses or intimidates others while playing the victim, especially of a perceived social injustice."

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In keeping with his crybully cohort, Trump casts himself as a perpetual victim, the uncontested winner of the oppression Olympics.

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My own Twitter feed has been full of triumphant liberals celebrating the theater’s revived ability to effect political change and unmask Trump as a tetchy crybully; and triumphant conservatives celebrating how smug, moralizing and clueless this whole incident revealed liberals to be.

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