Foreign and Rude

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Foreign adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

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Rude and foreign are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rude" instead an adjective "Foreign".

Nearby Word: foreigner

Rude adjective - Hastily or roughly constructed.

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Foreign and rude are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foreign" instead an adjective "Rude".

Nearby Words: rudeness, rudely

Of course, the reality is that the situation in Japan was extremely grave and chaotic, but the Japanese considered it rude to tell such things to the foreign press.

Source: Japanese Politeness
Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless gives insulting people in a foreign language they can't understand as an example of rude behavior—not quite as rude as saying "ucket-bay ead-hay," though insulting them in plain English is still worse.

Source: Hiding Behind the Language Barrier
Interestingly, the Young Justice cartoon (see below) takes the opposite position: that telepathy is so normal for Martians that the idea of it being rude is foreign to them.

Source: Mind Over Manners

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