The word obstreperous is in the dictionary,why do Australians say obstropolous?

Question:Australians shorten the word obstropolous to the slang term of "stroppy" and my husband whose English keeps correcting the Australians he hears saying it.

Answers:
'Stroppy' is OK; it just seems to be an Aussie way of shortening obstreperous. I like it. But you are right, many Aussies do say 'obstropolous' and I don't know how that evolved.

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