stroppy

IPA: strˈɑpi

adjective

  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
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Examples of "stroppy" in Sentences

  • Alright, sorry for being stroppy.
  • The stroppy editor wins but the project loses.
  • A stroppy Paul made Eddie nearly lose the rag.
  • He stroppy, and rude, but i don't think any admin action is needed.
  • Stroppy is a very well known word in the UK if not in the USA I presume.
  • Personally I would rather be termed offensive, rude or crass than "stroppy".
  • perhaps they should have sister establishment in Edinburgh called 'stroppy'!
  • Sorry for being stroppy, it's just everything I do seems to just get deleted.
  • Before the edit summaries get too stroppy, I thought I'd start a section here.
  • I sought permission from her some time ago and she was her usual stroppy self.
  • And getting stroppy is not going to work. on January 16, 2008 at 10: 10 am | Reply plod999
  • She also argued that descriptions of her as "stroppy" reflected a double standard in the treatment of male and female politicians.
  • Talking to the Evening Standard, Sally Bercow, 40, admitted drinking to excess most evenings, engaging in one-night stands and being "stroppy".
  • The only course of action that I can see is for the parent to be able to impose their will on the stroppy teenager without fear of prosecution.
  • When I mentioned it, Cheryl got kind of stroppy, and moved us to another room which was like a coffee room or a public library - people everywhere!!!
  • Ms Smith did say, however, that she had been annoyed by being described as "stroppy" on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, adding she had never heard a man described as that.

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