-
Rudeness (also
called effrontery) is a
display of
actual or
perceived disrespect by not
complying with the
social norms or
etiquette expected within a...
- "must have been
spinning in his
grave at Rey. To see the
arrogance and
effrontery of the
mullahs once
again rampant in the holy city! How the old tyrant...
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Retrieved February 27, 2015. Tucker, Ken (February 10, 1999). "A Gift for
Effrontery". Salon.
Archived from the
original on
January 19, 2015.
Retrieved January...
- did
would have
required them to act with an
improbable degree of
brazen effrontery in the face of a
military whose members were
personally loyal to Philip...
- and diplomatically.
Although the
Swedish government,
amazed at Mörner's
effrontery, at once
placed him
under arrest on his
return to Sweden, the candidature...
-
influence on
American English, and
words borrowed from it
include chutzpah ("
effrontery", "gall"), nosh ("snack"),
schlep ("drag"), **** ("an obnoxious, contemptible...
- When its hero
sells his soul to the devil, what
results isn't
diabolical effrontery, but a
series of
contract negotiations and
consumer complaints. This is...
-
historian suggests that
Theodora would have
deposed Michael I for his open
effrontery and sedition, had she
lived longer.
Michael I had a hand in negotiating...
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Channel 4. "Br****" is
northern English slang for "money" as well as for
effrontery. The
series was set
primarily in Utterley, a
fictional Lancashire mining...
-
Rosten in The Joys of
Yiddish defines chutzpah as "gall,
brazen nerve,
effrontery,
incredible 'guts',
presumption plus
arrogance such as no
other word and...
