Mar. 23rd, 2011

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I hate it when the words I want to share have already been posted. Stoppit!

hidebound [HAHYD-bound]

adjective
1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative
3. (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hidebound


You'd have thought my sister had killed someone by the way my hidebound parents reacted when they found out she had a girlfriend.
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