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Is this not the conundrum of our time, and aren’t we fortunate to have this boor reminding us of this with each new episode?

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

Most memorable is the exit of Pozzo and Lucky that finds Pozzo slowly pushing Lucky in his wheelchair—illustrating the idea that there remains a bedrock of humanity even in this supercilious boor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

In an instant, his beach route comment did me a huge kindness and made me feel like an incurious boor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

If “not spending time with every un-self-aware boor who wants to invite themselves along” makes a group of friends a nasty clique, then there are a lot of nasty cliques in the world.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2019

“Yes it is,” said I, “because I cannot bear that people should say, ‘she throws away her graces and attractions on a mere boor, the lowest in the crowd.’”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The salt suggestion drew howls of outrage from tea-lovers in Britain, where popular stereotype sees Americans as coffee-swilling boors who make tea, if at all, in the microwave.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Women like Feinstein and O’Connor bore the bruises of boors on their way to the top so that future generations wouldn’t suffer as much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

But even if you've had your fill of boors and superhero properties, "Peacemaker" still triumphs through its dedication to the twin powers of irreverence and compassion accessorized by a soundtrack made for rockin'.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2022

Loseurs: Witty, sophisticated humorists pretending to be juvenile, crude boors with a poop fixation.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2018

They are great rough boors, and they pride themselves on the stories related for generations back of their prodigious strength, and as they are wealthy, they can do pretty much what they please.

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. by Berthold Auerbach