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Short adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.
Usage example: I didn't mean to be so short with you by responding to your request with a snippy “I'm busy!”
Both words in one sentence
- In the House of Mouse short "How to Haunt a House", Donald Duck achieves this by reading a book on sleeping with your eyes open.
Source: Sleeps With Both Eyes Open -
In Peter Pan (Burbank Films), the big one is a black man who is muscular rather than fat, the thin one wears an open vest and the short one is Mr. Smee.
Source: Big, Thin, Short Trio - Wonder Boy In Monster World requires you to remember short ocarina sequences to open the doors in the first dungeon.
Source: Songs in the Key of Lock
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