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Your RBR Word of the Day: obtrude

obtrude \uhb-TROOD; ob-\, transitive verb:
1. To thrust out; to push out.
2. To force or impose (one's self, remarks, opinions, etc.) on others with undue insistence or without solicitation.

intransitive verb:
1. To thrust upon a group or upon attention; to intrude.

The downside of writing a widely read blog is dealing with a troll that tries to obtrude himself on the blog and its readership. Thankfully, banning them is pretty easy.