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obganiate

PRONUNCIATION:

(ob-GAY-nee-ayt) 

MEANING:

verb tr.: To annoy someone by repeatedly saying the same thing.
verb intr.: To repeat oneself tediously.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin obgannire or oggannire (to yelp or growl at). Earliest documented use: 1623.

USAGE:

“The way Tony Abbott continues to obganiate is bloody irritating, bloody irritating.”
Stan Wills; Letters to the Editor; The Australian (Canberra); Dec 10, 2014.