The word tetchy has appeared in 37 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 3 in the book review “Can Her Daughter’s Wedding, and a Cat, Revive Her Own Marriage?” by Dwight Garner:
Gail is tetchy. She lacks tact and diplomacy, she is often told. She refuses to butter up wealthy parents. She is told to stop saying things like, “Good God, Mrs. Morris, surely you realize your daughter doesn’t have the slightest chance of getting into Princeton.”
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