Popular Culture
Old Yeller was a cur, and his intelligence and utility are typical.
Cur is also used by Angel Dumott Schunard in the musical Rent to refer to a barking dog that "won't shut up". The phrase is used in a historically correct sense, although as the dog in question was a pedigree Akita, at odds with modern usage as mixed-breed.
In the movie Tombstone, Wyatt Earp used the term cur on several occasions when referring to the Clantons.
In the video game Two Worlds, the hero often yells "Die, cur!" at attackers, in a belittling manner. The word cur is also used in the video games The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion mostly by Dark Elves, referring to the character as a 'filthy cur'.
In The Simpsons, Homer suggests the fictional breed Street Cur for their new dog.
In Pirates of the Caribbean, Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, refers to the prison guard dog as a "mangy cur."
In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Saruman tells Gríma Wormtongue "Get down, Cur." before smacking him to the ground.
In The Last Story, a video game by Mistwalker, Lord Jirall refers to Zael as a "craven cur" while accusing him of wooing his betrothed.
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“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Resorts advertised for waitresses, specifying that they “must appear in short clothes or no engagement.” Below a Gospel Guide column headed, “Where our Local Divines Will Hang Out Tomorrow,” was an account of spirited gun play at the Bon Ton. In Jeff Winney’s California Concert Hall, patrons “bucked the tiger” under the watchful eye of Kitty Crawhurst, popular “lady” gambler.”
—Administration in the State of Colo, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)