"He’s very clumsy, that boy” the girl said.
“He can be. He gets into everything.”
“Boys can be very obstreperous.”
Tessie smiled. “You have quite a vocabulary.”
At this compliment the girl broke into a big smile. “‘Obstreperous’ is my favorite word. My brother is very obstreperous. Last month my favorite word was ‘turgid’. But you can’t use ‘turgid’ that much. Not that many things are turgid, when you think about it.”
“You’re right about that,” said Tessie, laughing. “But obstreperous is all over the place.”
“I couldn’t agree with you more.” said the girl."

“Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides

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