英国《泰晤士报》说,直到今年夏天前,称别人小崽子都是种冒犯,指这个孩子无礼(impudence)。该词源于15世纪,英国作家乔叟用来指代粗布斗篷;及至16世纪初开始描述没人要的孩子;1929年起,其形容词bratty一直意为“惯坏的未成年”(spoiled and juvenile),由此沿用近一个世纪。
I suspect that wasps punished the bear for its impudence, and the bear retaliated. I'd like to have seen it. Instead, I am merely left to pick up the pieces and rebuild. Support journalism that digs ...