Tuesday, November 18, 2014

266. Nice Words

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"the bleeding edge of diversity"----transgenders

"artisanal manliness"----gigolos

"drug-brag"----books like Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Zoë Heller).

expressions that tell you the author is your kind of person: "The waiter was pleasantly distant." (Ian McEwan, The Comfort of Strangers)

juxtaposition of the week: "she's not really a 'cool girl' who likes Adam Sandler movies and anal sex."  (Zoë Heller, New York Review)

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