Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for May 08, 2014
May 07, 2014
May 09, 2014
Transcript:
Gracie: So you're saying if I wasn't so smart, I'd have more friends? Classmate: Well, you'd be less obnoxious. Gracie: Obnoxious. Gracie: The roof of "obnoxious" is "noxious" or "harmful" so to be obnoxious is to bring injury to something. Gracie: I think your theory is pretty obnoxious.
But identifying the root doesn’t necessarily reveal the current meaning. In this case, her imagined meaning is obsolete. In fact, the current relevant definition is: “annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself:” Fits.