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Our neighbor is a grumpy old man.
I was feeling grumpy after my long flight.
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The cat's owner went to sit on the couch without realizing his grumpy cat was already there in his spot.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
And there was a bar in the basement, a brilliant bar with a fantastically grumpy bar lady called Eileen.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Marine biologists described the Red Sea’s grumpy dwarfgoby.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
My grumpy cat is family and, of course, is spoiled rotten.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
And there was a bar in the basement, a brilliant bar with a fantastically grumpy bar lady called Eileen.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Marine biologists described the Red Sea’s grumpy dwarfgoby.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
My grumpy cat is family and, of course, is spoiled rotten.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Grumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grumpy. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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