...and you can too:
Not surprisingly, Bolton's stubbornly held opinions often involved him in arguments and even rows, which he appears to enjoy in a joyless sort of way. His epithets map out the vast landscape of disapproval: The High Minded, The True Believers, Candle Lighters, Crusaders of Compromise, The Weak-kneed, The Chattering Class, Euroids, Mattress Mice, EAPeasers (members of the State Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs), and so on.
--Brian Urquhart, "One Man Angry," New York Review of Books
March 6, 2008 12-15,14.
March 6, 2008 12-15,14.
Mattress Mice?
Update: Mrs. B says he must have meant mattress lice.
Update to Update: A web search yields this, but I still think maybe Mrs. B is onto something.
Update: Mrs. B says he must have meant mattress lice.
Update to Update: A web search yields this, but I still think maybe Mrs. B is onto something.
