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At a press conference last week, he bristled at the notion that he was expected to win the New York primary, even though he is ahead there in the polls.
The Celtic names grug and fraoch apparently come from Old Celtic v-roikos , which is cognate (or so says Klein's Etymological Dictionary ) with Latin brucus , meaning `maned or bristled.
Some Democrats similarly bristled at Clinton's lobbying against the impeachment inquiry.
You could argue that this was shameless pandering--I bristled at it at the time--but with some distance I can see the merits: It gave a thrill for people who, unlike us, don't see their names in print.
John McCain bristled at this, saying Zinni's testimony was an "insult to my intelligence."