"saditty" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1970, Al Young, “Snakes”, in Ishmael Reed, editor, 19 Necromancers from Now, page 355",
          "text": "You know who I mean – them saditty splibs, them e-lites that's so hung up on bein white that they cant even pronounce stuff right. They be talkin bout marking bird insteada mockin bird.",
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        "Acting snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social class."
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          "arrogant",
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          "superior",
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          "uppity",
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        "(US, slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Acting snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social class."
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        {
          "word": "hasadity"
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        {
          "word": "sadity"
        },
        {
          "word": "saddity"
        },
        {
          "word": "sadiddy"
        },
        {
          "word": "seditty"
        },
        {
          "word": "seddity"
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        {
          "word": "siditty"
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        {
          "word": "siddity"
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    {
      "word": "hasadity"
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    {
      "word": "sadity"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "sadiddy"
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    {
      "word": "seditty"
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    {
      "word": "siditty"
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