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Friday, March 2, 2012

170. Terse


From, “Tiger Woods Stares Down Reporter Over Hank Haney Book 'The Big Miss',” by Doug Ferguson, HuffPost, 2/29/12:

Tiger Woods had a terse exchange with a magazine reporter Wednesday over excerpts from his former swing coach's new book, and ended the conversation with a long stare and a sarcastic, "Have a good day." If that wasn't enough, he fielded 10 questions about his putting.

Terse: sparing in the use of words; abrupt
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