Every time Cal [Ripken’s] hitting went south, those hard workin’ airwaves were filled with captious comment. People said Cal ought to sit down. Take a rest. Stop acting like Superman. Stop putting his own streak ahead of the team! (Richard Ben Cramer, Baseball: A Native Son’s Thoughts [Many of Them Heretical] About Baltimore [Which Isn’t What It Used To Be], Sports Illustrated, 09/11/1995, p. 56.)
This word, when used in the above sense, can also be a synonym for critical, derogatory, and disapproving.
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