obnoxiosity
nounEtymology From obnoxi(ous) + -osity.
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Rare The quality of being obnoxious.
- > Specifically, how do you handle a Paladin PC that is being played > as a pain in the ass instead of a Paladin. . . […] I've had to handle obnoxious paladins in campaigns before. Usually the reason for the obnoxiosity was that the player didn't really understand how paladins (according to me) are supposed to think.1985 April 27, Philip Kos, “Paladins”, in net.games.frp (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Jan 2024:
- Are you ever tempted to give people a real answer when they ask “how ya doin’?” or “whaddaya know?” Me too. Of course the urge to kill varies in direct proportion with my mood and the degree of obnoxiosity of the asker.1990 March 15, Ken Rand, “Media Man! If I felt any better I’d have to be two of me”, in Millard County Chronicle Progress, volume 80, number 35, Delta, Ut., page 2:
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- When I am trying to bring up an issue I think is likely driven by one of the child-personas, sometimes it helps to attempt to write to my adult self, using the right hand. Dunno if this would work for someone who didn't spend HOURS, as a small but obnoxious person, learning to take notes bassackward, so that people who teased me for writing left-handed, with the arm hooked around the page, would really have something to bitch about. (Never did use mirror script on a test or anything, but did keep my notebook, one semester (alas, before the housefire) in mirror just for obnoxiosity's sake.)1993 June 14, STella, “Handedness (anecdotes )”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Jan 2024:
- : Could someone please post the instructions for creating a : kill file? I'm having trouble getting mine working and would : like for someone to give me all the proper instructions so : that I can edit the crap portion out of this newsgroup. Wait a minute. Let me turn up the obnoxiosity knob on my keyboard. Someone will then in short order post instructions for creating a kill file. -- Captain Nitpick1994 May 5, Bill Evans, “Help needed for kill files”, in rec.humor (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Jan 2024:
- >: Your original recent posts in netcom.general were not about music. >: Others said, effectively, "See how obnoxious he is? If you want to >: see more examples of his obnoxiosity, see ..." > >: So I looked at the archives not to check out the musical debate, but >: the obnoxiosity level. You passed the test with flying colors.1995 August 29, Albert Silverman, “slvrmn archives”, in netcom.general (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Jan 2024:
- STOP! STOP! The contest's over. / As one of the judges, let me tell you that it's just too darned hard to pick. All of you contestants keep topping the others in obnoxiosity. How about if we just name ALL of you The Next Obnoxious Personae?1996 September 14, JMingo, “Contest: Predict the Next Obnoxious Persona”, in misc.writing (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Jan 2024: