Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,771,044,008 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

rude
(redirected from bad-mannered)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
rude - [WPI] 1. Badly written or functionally poor, e.g. a program that is very difficult to use because of gratuitously poor design decisions. Opposite: cuspy.

2. Anything that manipulates a shared resource without regard for its other users in such a way as to cause a (non-fatal) problem. Examples: programs that change tty modes without resetting them on exit, or windowing programs that keep forcing themselves to the top of the window stack. Compare all-elbows.


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Those same bad-mannered ORV riders should stop acting like jerks and begin thinking of how their selfish actions are affecting the environment, bicyclists, horseback riders, historical sites and other ORV riders.
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
That way, your bad-mannered bud will just be able to pop her dinner in her mouth.
BFF Dilemma of the month by Simcoe, Kasey / Girls' Life
In a case of two wrongs not making a right, a British judge recently ordered a four-month prison sentence to a bad-mannered airplane passenger who refused to turn off his cell phone during takeoff.
Bravado gone bad by Hunter, Buzz / Mobile Business Advisor
More results
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.