[That word is definitely outside his normal vocabulary but context makes it easy to understand it means the same thing as "jerk."]

Yeah, see? It could be worse.

Apparently, when I'm not a stuffed animal for small children, being a cranky jerk is what I have a rep for.

[It takes some doing for him to figure out how to do it but he links a few t-shirts. Being cranky seems to be his brand.]

[He's colored bit grayer in them than he currently is. Has to be a printing thing, right?]

You're not known for being a jerk, count your blessings.