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Default Yo!! Calif Bill...

On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:47:22 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

And Harry does know something about obstreperous.


And *that*, girls and boys, is our "WOTDTLU" (word of the day to look up)


–adjective
1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.

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[Origin: 1590–1600; L obstreperus clamorous, akin to obstrepere to
make a noise at (ob- ob- + strepere to rattle); see -ous]