{"id":4563,"date":"2019-04-26T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T04:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=4563"},"modified":"2019-04-10T11:59:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:29:11","slug":"thats-the-word-for-it-obstreperous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/26\/thats-the-word-for-it-obstreperous\/","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s the Word for It: Obstreperous"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The word obstreperous comes from\u00a0ob<\/em>\u2013 which means in the way\u00a0plus\u00a0strepere,<\/em>\u00a0a verb that means to make a noise or to rebel against something. So the adjective works well especially with unruly children, politicians, rebel groups and certain kinds of families.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fun to see the way this word is used in books:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got a wife,\u201d I said. \u201cQuite a nice wife, and two\u00a0obstreperous<\/strong>\u00a0children\u2014boys.\u201d
\n\u2015\u00a0Agatha Christie,\u00a0<\/span>The Clocks<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIn an age of increasingly mechanized production, the genesis of scientific knowledge remains an unyieldingly,\u00a0obstreperously<\/strong>\u00a0hand-hewn process. It is among the most human of our activities. Far from being subsumed by the dehumanizing effects of technology, science remains our last stand against it.\u201d
\n\u2015\u00a0Siddhartha Mukherjee,\u00a0<\/span>The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The word obstreperous comes from\u00a0ob\u2013 which means in the way\u00a0plus\u00a0strepere,\u00a0a verb that means to make a noise or to rebel against something. So the adjective works well especially with unruly children, politicians, rebel groups and certain kinds of families. It\u2019s fun to see the way this word is used in books: \u201cHe\u2019s got a wife,\u201d … Continue reading “That\u2019s the Word for It: Obstreperous”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[251],"tags":[269,270],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1bB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4846,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/11\/thats-the-word-for-it-vexillology\/","url_meta":{"origin":4563,"position":0},"title":"That's the Word for It: Vexillology","date":"December 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 The word vexillum is Latin for sqaure flag and so vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags- basically anything flag-related. 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