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Art/Literary - Slang | | English term or phrase: Crusty Chicago businessman | Why is the "Crusty" capitalized in this sentence? Does it mean "short-tempered", or does it have anything to do with Chicago, or do you think it simply a typo? Thanks in advance!
Avery Brundage, the Crusty Chicago businessman who ran the International Olympic Committee as his vast personal fiefdom during the middle decades of the 20th century, clung obsessively, if at times naively or hypocritically, to the notion that his movement could be free from professionalism, commercialism and politics.
from Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/id/148999/page/1 |
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| | Chinese translation:surly/gruff | Explanation:
I can think of no reason why crusty should be capitalized here. There's a small possibility that the author was trying to be clever (as in the "one and only Crusty Chicago Businessman"), but it's more likely that it's just a typo.
From what I just read online about Avery Brundage, I think you're pretty much right that the author is using it to mean something close to "short-tempered" although I think "surly" is slightly more appropriate. |
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55 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 | crusty chicago businessman surly/gruff
Explanation:
I can think of no reason why crusty should be capitalized here. There's a small possibility that the author was trying to be clever (as in the "one and only Crusty Chicago Businessman"), but it's more likely that it's just a typo.
From what I just read online about Avery Brundage, I think you're pretty much right that the author is using it to mean something close to "short-tempered" although I think "surly" is slightly more appropriate.
Reference: http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/brundage_a/brundage_a.ht...
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Brundage
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| | Grading comment | Thank you very much for your explanation and suggestion! Very helpful to me! |
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