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sexta-feira, 17 de agosto de 2012

Word of the day: Snippy


Snippy:  agudo, curto, ríspido, composto de pedaços, fragmentado
Synonyms: abrupt, bluff, brusque (also brusk), crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken, blunt, unceremonious
“I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get snippy with you.”
Snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic.”(www.merriam-webster.com

quinta-feira, 12 de julho de 2012

word of the day: Snippy


Snippy:  agudo, curto, ríspido, composto de pedaços, fragmentado
Synonyms: abrupt, bluff, brusque , crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken, blunt, unceremonious
“I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get snippy with you.”
“…snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic…” (www.merriam-webster.com)

sexta-feira, 13 de abril de 2012

Word of the Day: Terse


Terse:  conciso, sucinto, compacto, polido, elegante
Synonyms:  using few words, aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, concise, thumbnail
“Scientists and technicians were “looking into the cause of the failure,” said the terse statement from the reclusive North Korea leadership…”(www.nytimes.com, April 13, 2012)
“She gave me a few terse instructions and promptly left the room.”(www.merriam-webster.com)