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An example of graffiti where a sign has been edited to spell the word "fart". Graffiti and farting are widely considered to be rude, but this rudeness is often seen as having comic potential. Sometimes, people deliberately employ rude behaviours to achieve a goal. [ 2 ]
The word "bold" may also be used as a synonym of "impudent"; for example, a child may be punished for being "bold" by acting disrespectfully toward an adult or by misbehaving. Boldness as a philosophical virtue was admired by the ancient Greeks. [2] Boldness may be contrasted with courage in that the latter implies having fear but confronting it.
Adolf Hitler in the early 1920s, about the time he began writing Mein Kampf (1925). A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a gross distortion or misrepresentation of the truth primarily used as a political propaganda technique.
The emperor Augustus, for example, would pit gladiators against crocodiles and lions. Eventually, they would also square off against rhinos, elephants, giraffes and other exotic animals.
"Taunting with Smoke from a Pipe" by Thomas Rowlandson, 1823. A taunt is a battle cry, sarcastic remark, gesture, or insult intended to demoralize or antagonize the recipient. [1]
Example: In May 1940, Nazi Germany's Army Group B attacked the Netherlands and Belgium. At the same time, Army Group A invaded France by attacking through the Ardennes towards the city of Sedan . Army Group B's attack was a feint intended to disguise Germany's main effort from British and French military leaders.
Prynne was a strong disciplinarian. After arguing that the custom of drinking healths was sinful, he asserted that for men to wear their hair long was "unseemly and unlawful unto Christians", while it was "mannish, unnatural, impudent, and unchristian" for women to cut it short. [3] [4]
An exemplum (Latin for "example", pl. exempla, exempli gratia = "for example", abbr.: e.g.) is a moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point. The word is also used to express an action performed by another and used as an example or model.