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ctivnan
01/06/08, 10:53 PM
Curmudgeon /k3:r-'m^-dzən/ (noun) (old-fashioned)

- a bad-tempered or surly person.

e.g. People want to avoid meeting curmudgeons. Life is complicated as it is!

- someone who is often annoyed or angry, especially an old person.

e.g. Because of my grandmother's sudden sedentary lifestyle, she has become a curmudgeon.

juan
01/06/08, 11:10 PM
Somebody called me "curmudgeon", I remember very clearly but didn't know the meaning. Now I know.

cmo
01/06/08, 11:14 PM
Somebody called me "curmudgeon", I remember very clearly but didn't know the meaning. Now I know.

ha ha ha. do you agree?

:D