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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A mean or petty-minded person.

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  • noun informal A mean person.

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  • noun a person of mean disposition

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Examples

  • Democrats are just plain meanie and hateful people.

    Palin PAC raises $730K in six months 2009

  • I have to be the "meanie" who says enough is enough, turn the TV off.

    Television vs. the Outdoors 2009

  • I have to be the "meanie" who says enough is enough, turn the TV off.

    Television vs. the Outdoors 2009

  • The aliensalso include animated gummi baren, giant 3-eyed snails and Shrek-like green and purple "meanie" aliens.

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  • The aliensalso include animated gummi baren, giant 3-eyed snails and Shrek-like green and purple "meanie" aliens.

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  • The aliensalso include animated gummi baren, giant 3-eyed snails and Shrek-like green and purple "meanie" aliens.

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  • The aliensalso include animated gummi baren, giant 3-eyed snails and Shrek-like green and purple "meanie" aliens.

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  • The aliensalso include animated gummi baren, giant 3-eyed snails and Shrek-like green and purple "meanie" aliens.

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  • It's far more interesting than the Canadian election campaign, which took a nasty turn in negative ads when Jack Layton called Stephen Harper a "meanie".

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  • IOW, What kind of meanie makes fun of somebody for being clumsy?

    Firedoglake » Does Fred Hiatt Even Read the Washington Post? 2006

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