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In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a type of public nuisance—a troublesome and angry person who broke the public peace by habitually chastising, arguing, and quarrelling with their neighbours. Most punished for scolding were women, though men could be found to be scolds.
As a reference to actual women, rather than the stock character, the shrew is considered old-fashioned, [3] [4] and the synonym scold (as a noun) is archaic. [5] The term shrew is still used to describe the stock character in fiction and folk storytelling. [2] None of these terms are usually applied to males in Modern English. [1]
Guang Gun: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "bare branches" or "bare sticks", used to describe unmarried men who have no legitimate children and therefore don't carry on the family tree or family name; the male equivalent of "spinster" or "Sheng nu".
During the Middle Ages, a scold's bridle, also called a brank, was an instrument of punishment used primarily on women. [15] The device was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head. A bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 2 inches long and 1 inch broad, projected into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue. [16]
From a reader: "The other day my 5-year-old son and I were at a playground attached to a restaurant.He quickly complained that a group of three little boys around his age were being mean, and ...
A scold's bridle, sometimes called a witch's bridle, a gossip's bridle, a brank's bridle, or simply branks, [1] was an instrument of punishment, as a form of public humiliation. [2] It was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head (although some bridles were masks that depicted suffering).
Family Name, a 2006 Russian-Kazakh drama film Family Name (horse) , 1974 winner of the Miss Woodford Stakes "Family Name", a song by Prince from the 2001 album The Rainbow Children
Kaley Cuoco had no trouble fitting right in when she met Tom Pelphrey's family -- as she'd apparently been a fixture in their living room already!The Ozark alum shares a funny story about a big ...