The slang term stroppy is an adjective meaning “annoying” or “difficult to deal with.” It might be related to the similarly unpleasant word, obstreperous. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Stroppy Means Annoying or Hard to Handle”
Rabbi Michael Burke from San Diego wrote in with a word that I haven’t heard in a very, very long time, and I’d forgotten how much I like the word and how handy it is. The word is stroppy, S-T-R-O-P-P-Y. You know what that means, Grant?
It’s hard to define in my mind, but a stroppy person is someone who is kind of insistent or perhaps maybe demanding is not the word, but curt.
Yeah, easily annoyed, difficult to deal with.
It may be related to obstreperous, but don’t get all stroppy with me.
I like that.
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