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Female dandies did overlap with male dandies for a brief period during the early 19th century when dandy had a derisive definition of "fop" or "over-the-top fellow"; the female equivalents were dandyess or dandizette. [34] Charles Dickens, in All the Year Around (1869) comments, "The dandies and dandizettes of 1819–20 must have been a strange ...
I’ve edited and clarified the section on female dandies, it application and evolution. During the Regency period, when “dandy” had a more immature meaning of “fop”, then the notion of female dandies are documented in the historic literature. At this time, they were called dandyess, dandizette, dandysette, or dandisette. Then, after ...
Female breast(s) [61] bucket Automobile; see also cowpie crate heap jalopy [20] bug's ear 1. Always with the connotation of being small e.g.Your baby is cuter than a bug's ear [62] 2. Attractive, Charming i.e. cute as a bug's ear [63] [a] bug eyed Amazed: astounded in the 1920s i.e. He looked all bug-eyed [64] bulge, the Advantage e.g. have the ...
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Comprising 10 large-scale portraits in Sarah Ball’s signature airy colors, new exhibit “Titled” challenges gender conventions and celebrates exuberant self-expression.
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Dirty words for body parts (p*ssy, c*ck, d*ck, t*ts, etc.) are also worth discussing; there’s nothing inherently wrong with any of them, but some people have strong reactions to one over another ...
The Canting Academy, or Devil's Cabinet Opened was a 17th-century slang dictionary, written in 1673 by Richard Head, that looked to define thieves' cant. [1] A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, was first published c. 1698. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, by Francis Grose was first published in 1785.