spooty
adj.— «Peyton Manning and Mike Vanderjagt hold dueling news conferences every day in which they call each other names like “spooty head” and “Eli’s less-talented brother.”» —“Rams’ cast was perfect for HBO” by Eric McHugh Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) May 31, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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