Glitterati
pl.n.
Informal
Glamorous people, famous, rich, or fashionable people thought of as a group, especially those who are frequently photographed by the press.
Etymology: blend of glitter and literati.
...although I believe the glitter is highly tarnished.
Any other blended english words out there?
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Re: Glitterati
How about the soon-to-be-unfashionable metrosexual? Close reading of the trend magazines informs those of us who give a crap that butch men are coming back in vogue. So no more pedicures, avocado rubs and weekly exfoliations for me. Back to powertools, ingrown toenails and shooting stuff.Glitterati
pl.n.
Informal
Glamorous people, famous, rich, or fashionable people thought of as a group, especially those who are frequently photographed by the press.
Etymology: blend of glitter and literati.
...although I believe the glitter is highly tarnished.
Any other blended english words out there?
Never one to use a simple word when there's a more difficult one out there, I like to refer to these constructions as portmanteau words. Blend is a word I prefer to associate with certain types of whisky.
Your avatar, by the way, is Pure Genius.
-- PW (who, concerned by recent reports on the dire consequences of exposure to secondhand smoke, has decided to stick to the - presumably much safer - firsthand variety.
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!!! What a ride!"
PW, I prefer the blends as well...and the whole kit and caboodle of them!
Metrosexual is a great example, and personally, a word that I hope will be going away soon.
Any other cases of "portmanteau" words?
I was a good looking baby, wasn't I? (I was beginning to feel left out without an avatar to call my own...)
Metrosexual is a great example, and personally, a word that I hope will be going away soon.
Any other cases of "portmanteau" words?
I was a good looking baby, wasn't I? (I was beginning to feel left out without an avatar to call my own...)
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I always like to use the word disgrossning to describe something that is gross and disgusting at the same time.
Huny, who-thinks-it's-better-to-be-angered-off-than-angered-on.
Okay, bailey, what have you done to the ever so sweet Huny?
Huny, who-thinks-it's-better-to-be-angered-off-than-angered-on.
Okay, bailey, what have you done to the ever so sweet Huny?
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compaired to what lies inside us." R.W.E.
Huny, is that you? I see you refer to yourself in the third person, very disconcerting, but it's your 'thing', I respect that, even think it's cute. Ah I wonder if this is the time I should tell about being angered on and off at the same time?
mark master-of-discretion-telling-no-lies Bailey
mark master-of-discretion-telling-no-lies Bailey
Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Make the most of it...
kb
Please do. If the content of the story is a bit sinsitive, you can p.m. us -er-um- me.Huny, is that you? I see you refer to yourself in the third person, very disconcerting, but it's your 'thing', I respect that, even think it's cute. Ah I wonder if this is the time I should tell about being angered on and off at the same time?
mark master-of-discretion-telling-no-lies Bailey
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compaired to what lies inside us." R.W.E.
I loved smugemate; but I am hard put to find a sentence it could go in.
As for whiskeys, single-malts are the only way I fly.
PS to Skinem. Your new avatar looks like Jackie Gleason as a baby.
As for whiskeys, single-malts are the only way I fly.
PS to Skinem. Your new avatar looks like Jackie Gleason as a baby.
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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That's all we need....fundamentalism. Oh crap...another six-syllable word. Soon, I'll be accused of being 'snooty'.As for whiskeys, single-malts are the only way I fly.
-- PW (who actually eschews whisky of all kinds)
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!!! What a ride!"
Actually I have nothing against those who drink the blends. More single-malt for me. Just don't ask me to drink the blends. (Well maybe Old Bushmill's - but even OB has a wonderful single-malt Irish whiskey that is way tastier to my humble palate.)That's all we need....fundamentalism. Oh crap...another six-syllable word. Soon, I'll be accused of being 'snooty'.As for whiskeys, single-malts are the only way I fly.
-- PW (who actually eschews whisky of all kinds)
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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MenaissanceHow about the soon-to-be-unfashionable metrosexual? Close reading of the trend magazines informs those of us who give a crap that butch men are coming back in vogue.
Brazilian dude
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