Grammar on Swanston St

Overheard on Swanston St:

“You dignit”

The noun for dignity? However it did sound somewhat derogatory and not at all dignified.

I think it’s a vocative in apposition. The appositive explains why it requires a noun. The vocative explains why it cannot be third person.

It’s a keeper.

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