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To herd something toward order while it actively resents you for it.
means To argue or struggle persistently with someone or something, or to round up and manage livestock through sheer stubborn effort.
from Traces back to Middle English 'wranglen,' related to German 'wrangeln' (to wrestle or struggle), both likely cousins of 'wring' — that same twisting, forcing motion. The cowboy sense (wrangling cattle) came later, in American English, extending the idea of struggle-to-control from arguments to actual ornery animals — which is why a 'wrangler' can be someone herding cattle, opinions, or unruly toddlers at a birthday party.
- cowboy origin
- first meant herding livestock on the range
- modern use
- now applies to data, toddlers, and group chats equally
- not wrestle
- implies control over chaos, not brute force