Word: rude
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...long can Luang Prabang's slumber last? There are ominous signs of a rude awakening. In the old quarter's main street, Sisavangvong Road, tourists now outnumber locals. Satellite dishes bristle from roofs and backyards, sucking from the ether a steady stream of inane Thai game shows. Internet shops spring up daily, each filled with earnest backpackers clicking away. Highway 13 from Vientiane is now paved, putting the capital just a day's drive away...
...cross every “t.” And, my favorite: the parents who, because they’ve being intimidated by the myth or by their child’s inability to measure up, arrive with an inferiority complex that plays itself out through rude interactions and snide remarks...
...Rude Parent: When my son’s a freshman here, where will he live...
...men’s team, having recently come back from a trip to Arizona, faced a rude awakening upon its return...
...Does UMA THURMAN find it rude that ELLEN BARKIN won't look her in the eye while she's talking...