Tag Archives: jargon

Fashion Gibberish And A Contest

My cyber-friend and adopted daughter Annemarie has generously pointed me to a treasure trove of pretentious fashion gibberish that reads like a buzzword generator. In fact, the high-end shopping site Ssense has just launched such a generator and it’s fun … Continue reading

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Plays Well With Others

An anonymous commenter suggested that I have been Needlessly Savage toward other, younger bloggers.   I don’t understand the word “needlessly” in this context. And I can’t really attack older bloggers, because Ha, there aren’t any! Anonymous (and I know who … Continue reading

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I Pity the Fool

…who buys this crocodile “tail coat” jacket by Balmain, for $74,000.   Who will it be? Beyonce? Rihanna? Someone will turn up wearing this, right? It’s fierce, killing it, bla bla bla. Look at this bingo card I made here.   If … Continue reading

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Horrible Fashion Jargon

“I’m all about a leopard shoe right now. I’ll wear these high/low style with a worn-out tee and skinnies” -Maureen, copywriter. ( re Pedro Garcia shoes ) How many things are wrong with this statement from today’s front page at … Continue reading

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Understanding Tom Cruise

Have you watched the Tom Cruise recruiting video and wondered what the hell he’s talking about? Here is a glossary of Scientology terms to help decipher Tom’s important message. I plan to incorporate some of these terms into my everyday … Continue reading

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