Word: rude
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...protestors’ behavior—which allegedly included shouting over Bush and making lewd gestures—was deemed “not consistent with the traditional Tufts courtesy” by Alumni Association officials. On the basis of the protest and the accusation that she made a rude gesture towards former President Bush, Monnin’s not-yet-awarded award was pre-emptively revoked...
...have threatened their viability as unregulated forums. That moderators in Eliot briefly shut-down Eliot-list after a student complained over the use of the word “slut,” for example, signals the possibility for greater regulation of lists to prevent what some deem as rude, threatening or insensitive posts...
...with any community, of course, not everyone is kind. "There is a lot of angst and anger," says Leslie Tagorda, 29, a technical writer in San Francisco. Especially in the forums, in which people are free to rant. "I wish they weren't so rude," she says. But she turns back to the screen to read more, admitting "I'm an addict. It's just...
Once upon a time, Adams House had a problem. It seemed that many students from other Houses, tempted by its convenient location and tasty food, were making use of its dining facilities. Adams didn’t want to be rude, but it had to do something about the overcrowding that had led to food shortages, unpaid overtime for dining hall workers and an atmosphere more like Grand Central Station at rush hour than the easy collegial milieu they’d come to expect...
...Some students just walk right in, without even showing their cards and some are even rude to the staff,” said House Master Judith Palfrey...