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The word "fop" is first recorded in 1440 and for several centuries just meant a fool of any kind; the Oxford English Dictionary notes first use with the meaning of "one who is foolishly attentive to and vain of his appearance, dress, or manners; a dandy, an exquisite" in 1672. [2]
A type of cut from one shot to another where the composition of each shot is matched to the other by the action or subject matter depicted; e.g. in a scene depicting a duel, a long shot showing both of the duellists might cut to a close-up shot of one of the duellists in the midst of the action. Match cuts are precisely timed and coordinated so ...
The dandy creates his own unity by aesthetic means. But it is an aesthetic of negation. To live and die before a mirror: that, according to Baudelaire, was the dandy's slogan. It is indeed a coherent slogan. The dandy is, by occupation, always in opposition [to society]. He can only exist by defiance …
Dandy (mascot), a former mascot of the New York Yankees; Dandy Dam, Pakistan; Dandy loom, a cotton loom; Dandy (paddle steamer), built in England in 1823; Dandy rig, a British term for a sailing rig, similar to a yawl; HB-Flugtechnik Dandy, an Austrian ultralight aircraft; Dandie Fashions, sometimes called Dandy Fashions, a 1960s London boutique
This is an alphabetical list of film articles (or sections within articles about films). It includes made for television films . See the talk page for the method of indexing used.
When DC Studios co-CEOs (try saying that three times fast ðŸ˜) James Gunn and Peter Safran announced their plan to start a new universe with a bunch of fresh faces, it was a truly massive update.
In Canada and Australia, some of the American terms listed are widespread; however, in some cases, another usage is preferred. Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g., pants, crib) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in ...
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