as in jerk
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Noun
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On that note…being concise doesn’t mean being a total jerk either.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
5 Mar. 2025 -
Rockwell's Officer Dixon, a mama’s boy with a screw loose and a history of torturing Black prisoners, is a target of her ire − that is, until the actor carefully adds layers to what could be a one-note jerk. 14.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2024
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Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
9 Oct. 2023
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The Irishman — long and boring, based on the self-serving memoirs of a fabulist and a creep — was supposed to be the film of the year.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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Josh, as an entitled creep who grossly overestimates his own intelligence.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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He is portrayed throughout as a careerist and a cad.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2024
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Each story came out in recent days before reports surfaced that his own mother sent him a poison-pen email accusing him of being a serial abuser of women and something of a cad.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
4 Dec. 2024
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Urías then allowed a high bounder by Yu Chang to get by for a two-base error.—
Tom Haudricourt,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
10 Sep. 2021
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Austin hit a bounder which filtered through Gandil’s mitt in the eighth.—
Kori Rumore,
chicagotribune.com,
26 Aug. 2020
Noun
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The main character is a server named Jenna who stashes away her tips in the hopes of getting away from her louse of a husband, and moonlights as a baker of the most incredible pies.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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The body louse life cycle starts as an egg (nit), develops to a nymph, and finally becomes an adult louse.—
Josephine Hessert,
Verywell Health,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Robert Pattinson recalls lying on live TV about seeing clown die in car explosion as a kid: 'What on Earth?' Pattinson also surprised audiences at the convention, making an unannounced appearance alongside his director.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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These clowns dressed as presidents appear immature and narcissistic.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2025
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As Beau, Brake is tall and gaunt, with burning eyes, a rotter who looks like Steve Buscemi crossed with David Byrne crossed with a human rattlesnake who’s a lifelong junkie.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 May 2024
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Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.—
BYAlexa Mikhail,
Fortune Well,
10 July 2023
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“Babbitt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Babbitt. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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