Ryan Steed (Speller 170), a North Carolina eighth grader, knows just how to get on the good side of Bee pronouncer Dr. Jacques Bailly.
"I don't think you're a grobian, Dr. Bailly," he said after getting his word.
What's a grobian, you ask? It's a a slovenly, crude, often buffoonish individual; a boor or a lout.
Here's the sentence Dr. Bailly read to Ryan: Vicki dreaded her dinner date with the grobian, but at least he would give her something to blog about.
Us, too.
