spiky

"You think it's OK to degrade someone/ Just because they're true to themselves?" she protests over a spiky rock riff.

The morning drive was quiet and scenic through hills dotted with creosote bushes, spiky cacti and spindly ocotillo plants leading up to Safford, the hometown of a good friend who got the hell out of there.

Smith was not like in life, although she was described as "spiky." according to those who worked with her, she admitted to being nervous before each take, which explains her devotion to precise delivery.

"Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies."

"It's true I don't tolerate fools, but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky," she once said.