boor

• “It's a reversal of the premise of "Amadeus," in which the boor is the genius and the court favorite a composer possessing more in the way of political skill than musical gifts.”

  The Washington Post: NYC reviews: 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,' 'La Bête,' 'A Life in the Theatre'

• “Stanley, for example, was often called a boor and a brute when in reality he was merely hiding a fine nature behind the armour necessary to resist native imposition and worse.”

  An African Adventure

• “Though he is a boor, that is to be expected, as his father is an enlisted man.”

  I Met John Scalvi! « Whatever

• “According to this argument based on self-assertive aggressiveness, the boor was the man possessed of a strong personality, while the gentleman was relatively "impersonal.”

  Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic

• “I hear if you watch “Passion of the Christ”, you turn into the kind of boor that says that all sex should be within a context of looking to get married and have babies.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture”

• “Rather, it's very clear that Will cut the line because it was an inconvenient impediment to his journalistic goal, which was to portray Webb as a "boor" who was rude to the Commander in Chief, and to show that this new upstart is a threat to Washington's alleged code of "civility and clear speaking" (his words).”

  George Will Distorts WaPo's Own Reporting To Smear Jim Webb

• “Will calls Webb a "boor" and a "pompous poseur" (two phrases that might have popped into Will's mind while shaving in the mirror that morning) and asserts Webb has "patent disrespect for the presidency".”

  George Will Faults Former Navy Secretary for "Making Waves"!

• “Rather, it's very clear that Will cut the line because it was an inconvenient impediment to his journalistic goal, which was to portray Webb as a "boor" who was rude to the Commander in Chief, and to show that this new upstart is a threat to Washington's alleged code of "civility and clear speaking" his words.”

  Hullabaloo

• “It is only a "boor" who seeks to impose his own hobbies and interests upon a stranger, disregarding entirely the presumable likes and dislikes of the latter.”

  Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises

• “The "boor" to whom I have already alluded protested against the presence of the "Negro" and made a pretext for leaving without paying his board.”

  Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914. Twenty-seven Years in the Pastorate; Sixteen Years' Active Service as Chaplain in the U. S. Army; Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University; Two Trips to Europe; A Trip in Mexico.

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