Word: bloomerism
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...caught with an empty gas tank"). It has articles on how to run a roadside vegetable stand, how to serve baked beans, why old nails and spikes should be saved (for cash), how to make candles, dresses, how to avoid food poisoning. As of old, it records that "Ann Bloomer introduced the bloomer on Jan. 2," that "wolves kill 3 at St. Paul [on Nov. 18], 1891," that John the Baptist was separated from his head...
...Another Howe bloomer: he recommends newspaper financial writers because they "simply cannot afford to engage in wishful thinking...
...occasional stormy-weather advice to mothers: "I wouldn't send the kids to school today. . . . Missing one day of school won't hurt 'em." Patriots stormed at his Washington's Birthday crack: "He never told a lie. And look where he is now." The bloomer people hit the ceiling last year when they found out his nonsensical "N.P. B.C. girls club" meant No Panties Before Christmas. But once when Chicago & North Western flagged him down, 2,800 protesting letters promptly restored...
Denouncing the old uniform of bloomer and shirt which has served generations of Radcliffe girls as being "somewhat outmoded," Miss Madden, who is style expert on The News, declares that the new attire combines smartness with economy...
...word bluestocking, coined in 1790, is defined as "a woman with literary tastes or pretensions." As to bloomer (originally the name of a costume consisting of a short skirt and loose trousers gathered around the ankles, later becoming bloomers-), the dictionary says that Mrs. Amelia Bloomer gave it its name, but did not invent it. Explanation: "For some years she edited and published, at Seneca Falls, N. Y., a magazine called The Lily, in which (February, 1851) the new costume appears to have been first mentioned in print...