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• n  a person of mean disposition

• After five Oscar nominations (and one win as supporting actor in Glory), he cashed in with a rare meanie part, in Training Day, and become the first black star to win Best Actor.
• She also got a chance to play an old-Hollywood meanie: Leona Helmsley in a TV bio-pic, The Queen of Mean.
• You no longer have to be the meanie who puts his foot down with a stern, "You're too young for that movie.

• meany
• unkind person

News & Articles

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• NJ cease and desist order brings sarcasm-laden rebuttal from lawyer
  NEWARK, N.J. — Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie." Then there's the sarcasm-laden document that landed on the desk of the West Orange, N.J., township lawyer Monday.
  June 20, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• NJ cease and desist order brings scathing rebuttal - NBC40.net
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie." Then there's the sarcasm-laden document that landed on the desk of the West Orange, N.J., township lawyer Monday.
  June 20, 2013 - NBC40 South Jersey
• NJ cease and desist order brings scathing rebuttal
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie."
  June 19, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Ryan Smyth in Calgary Herald
  It was either him or (former Dallas Stars meanie Derian) Hatcher,said Smyth. "He rates up there, no question, as someone who's hard to compete against. He's playing against the top players all the time and he's an asset for your hockey...
• Amy Poehler in Daily 49er
  I was psyched to play this character because it's fun to play a meanie,Poehler said. "She wasn't based on anyone specific, so what I did think about was prima ballerinas and : ice queens, like really rich mothers and also like super...
• Moira Kelly in NEWS.com.au
  Krishna will look at Trishna but Trishna tries to knock the mirror out of the way. Then she yells at the mirror because she wants her sister to go away. It is very funny,Ms Kelly says. "But it is not as though she is a big meanie, because...