stroppy

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Englisch - Englisch
ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with
obstreperous
Someone who is stroppy is bad-tempered and gets angry or upset with people. The gas people haven't called to repair the cooker so I shall have to get stroppy with them. bad-tempered and easily offended or annoyed (Perhaps from obstreperous)
{s} (British) belligerent; awkward; obstreperous; rude to other persons; hostile; bad tempered (Slang)
stroppiness
The state or condition of being stroppy
stroppy

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    strop·py

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    Etymologie

    [ 'strä-pE ] (adjective.) 1951. From “obstropulous”, obsolete slang for “obstreperous”.
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