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Originally posted by canuckrefguy
From the Oxford Dictionary of Current English:
Officious (oh-fish-is) - adj - (1) Asserting authority in an overbearing way. (2) See above post.
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That was funny, until I remembered that we were talking about third grade girls. That made my stop laughing.
I think that you could easily put an "over" in front of the "officious" in this case. The "spirit and intent of the rules" and "sportsmanship" just died in the face of literalism.