Is it a coincidence that he has the reputation for being the most stroppy with his industry?
We often debate what we should do with stroppy 14 and 15-year-olds, whom people find difficult to manage in traditional schools.
He then got stroppy, and told us to get the unit stripped and to put new plates on.
Those who enforce standards can be stroppy and difficult, and that is a deterrent to some boat owners whose vessels, although beautiful, are old.
Many people get stroppy when they know they have done something wrong and someone points it out to them.
We have a record of being a little stroppy about the rules before they are introduced and discussing them at great length and in depth.
The last thing the relative of a cancer victim wants to encounter is a stroppy security guard.
He is very unpopular at the female housemates, because of his stroppy behavior and his bad manners.