Word: boor
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...YEARS AGO, eating popcorn at the opera would have been considered the ultimate in gauche. The sound of crunching kernels would have elicited a chorus of sneers from the rows of tiaras and tuxedos. Sourpussed dowagers, lowering their opera glasses, would stare icily at the boor who slipped by the ushers...
Friedrich is survived by the wife, Lenore of Cambridge; a brother. Wolfgang Friedrich of Berlin; two sons Paul William of Chicago, and one of New York; two daughter. Matilda de Boor of Madison wise and Dorothea Gombrich of Oxford England...
...more experienced than her 15 years-delivers her lines as if she were reading them from cue cards that were too far away. She seems uncomfortable in front of the camera, even while initiating her seduction of Matthew, Joseph Bologna, as her father, plays the part of an insensitive boor with excessive mannerisms and a loud voice. Michael Caine, in turn, seems constantly confused, as if he was just thrust in front of the camera and attempting to regain his composure. Caine, however, does the best he can and delivers the few comic moments in the film wonderfully. Finally, Demi...
Though Borg is a dulls enough fellow, in this company "dull" is appealing. Lendl is a chilly, self centered, condescending, meanspirited, arrogant man with a nice forehand. McEnroe is tennis' current, and quintessential, spoiled brat. Connors is a time-honored boor. With Borg now gone, there may be no one left to root for but the umpires...
...Tokyo's working-class Shibamata district and do little else but eat noodles, prepare to eat noodles or sit around the noodle table. He almost always wears the same outfit, a double-breasted check suit flapping open without a tie, and a green hat. He is a boor, and he treats his long-suffering family like servants. But the Japanese, who know all about pearl fishing, believe that beneath that crusty shell is a treasure of kindness and concern...