I'd just Translate Nasty Old Bastard

Main Entry: can·tan·ker·ous
Pronunciation: kan-'ta[ng]-k(&-)r&s, k&n-
Function: adjective
Etymology: perhaps irregular from obsolete contack (contention)
: difficult or irritating to deal with
- can·tan·ker·ous·ly adverb
- can·tan·ker·ous·ness noun

Entry Word: cantankerous
Function: adjective
Text: having or showing a habitually bad temper -- see ILL-TEMPERED

Entry Word: ill-tempered
Function: adjective
Text: having or showing a habitually bad temper
Synonyms bearish, bilious, cantankerous, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ornery, splenetic, surly
Related Words choleric, crabby, cranky, crotchety, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, querulous; irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchy; argumentative, contentious, contrary; angry, exasperated, indignant, irate, mad, upset, uptight; depressed, dour, glum, morose, sullen

Main Entry: cur·mud·geon
Pronunciation: (")k&r-'m&-j&n
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 archaic : MISER
2 : a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man

Entry Word: curmudgeon
Function: noun
Text: an irritable and complaining person -- see GROUCH

Entry Word: grouch
Function: noun
Text: an irritable and complaining person
Synonyms bear, complainer, crab, crank, croaker, curmudgeon, fusser, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner
Related Words fulminator, malcontent, sorehead; killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport; defeatist, pessimist; faultfinder, kicker, nagger, nitpicker, quibbler

> I ran across a stupid ass lecturer's transcript i gotta translate, and somewhere
> in there, he's setting himself up and he says he's a "cantankerous curmudgeon".
> It's not really relevant to the text, but i pride myself in doing a decent work,
> so i wanna keep it close.
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> I realize he's saying something along the lines of "i'm a stubborn and
> provocative bastard", but i wanna see if i can get a more acurate description of
> wtf cantankerous curmudgeon means. God damn pedantic academics and their shitty
> jokes.
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> Help a brotha out please.
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> The Master would not approve of this sig.
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