stroppy 的詞源

"叛逆的"，1943年，英國海員俚語，可能是對 obstreperous 的俚語曲解。《海上航行：英國海軍選集和英語研究介紹》[1943，傑弗裏·卡倫德]引用了一封信：

Why Nobby should reckon that his raggie should blow the gaff, when there are crushers everywhere, leaves me guessing; but there it is. In the last dog he rounded on me and called me a white rat. I got stroppy and told him he was shooting a line: but all he said was, 'Oh! choke your luff! I'm looking for another oppo you snivelling sand-catcher.' So that looks like paying off.

爲什麼納比認爲他的拉吉會泄密，當到處都有警察時，這讓我猜測; 但事實就是這樣。在最後一隻狗上，他對我發飆，稱我爲白老鼠。我很生氣，告訴他他在說謊：但他只是說，“哦！收緊你的舵！我正在尋找另一個夥伴，你這個流沙捕手。”所以看起來要還清了。

卡倫德補充說：“這封信中沒有任何一位現役軍人無法理解的內容。”