What's the difference between bluenose and prude?

Bluenose


Definition:

  • (n.) A nickname for a Nova Scotian.

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Prude


Definition:

  • (a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A man of such ferocious spirit should not be remembered as a reactionary prude.
  • (2) Only a prude would expect their politicians not to exaggerate.
  • (3) I am no prude but often when I am walking home I see guys staggering about peeing randomly into gardens, bus stops, doorways.
  • (4) Nor does she pretend to be a prude or indulge in false shame.
  • (5) She's no prude, but found them disrespectful and out of place, but the male producer claimed they were just a joke, part of the "friendly banter".
  • (6) She doesn’t mention any grudge against Schnabel, just a generalised rage at having been “shelved and discredited by people who didn’t like that I was deeply honest [and] an unavailable prude who, at times, had a big mouth”.
  • (7) Breastfeeding moms get harassed, too – our culture expects women to cover up their “dirty pillows” for the sake of the children and the prudes on Facebook or sensationalizes the choice to not to do so.
  • (8) For a moment, Swift seemed in danger of typecasting herself as a victimised prude.
  • (9) "If he had said I was a prude I don't think I could have stayed with him."
  • (10) We have to ask ourselves, then: does this prude really have what it takes to be a world champion?
  • (11) People didn’t like that I was deeply honest and an unavailable prude who, at times, had a big mouth Yet she still had currency enough to win the prize role of Vicki Vale in Tim Burton’s Batman.
  • (12) However, we know he was a prude and I perceive him, to a certain degree, as a prick and smug and that is where we start.

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