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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Curmudgeon Cur*mudg"eon\ (k?r-m?j"?n), n.
Conventional wisdom definition
a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
cur·mudg'eon·ly adj., cur·mudg'eon·ry n.
- Main Entry:
- cur·mud·geon
- Pronunciation:
- \(?)k?r-?m?-j?n\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- origin unknown
- Date:
- 1568
- 1
- archaic : a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
- 2 [modern; newly proposed by Curmudgeon Society]:
- one who gives free advice on any subject to anyone who is observed engaged
in improper behavior whether the perpetrator wants it or not with the
objective of improving the world.
Curmudge
- Main Entry:
- cur·mud·e
- Pronunciation:
- \(?)k?r-?m?-j\
- Function:
- verb and noun
- Etymology:
- Origin: Curmudgeon Society
- Date:
- 2009
- to give free advice, without rancor, on any on any subject to anyone who is observed engaged in improper behavior
whether the perpetrator wants it or not. Only curmudgeons may curmudge.
- curmudge (verb)
- free advice which is given, without rancor, on any on any subject to anyone who is observed engaged in improper behavior
whether the perpetrator wants it or not. Proper application of the curmudge will eventually lead to world peace.
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