Word: frou
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thought Greek or sorority life would be,” said Delta Gamma president Kirstyn H. Knox ’09 of her first glimpse of Harvard sorority life. “I guess Harvard is unique in the sense that sorority life isn’t all the frou-frouing, you know, The Plastics...
...quite suddenly, we learn that the recipient of all of our earnest faith and affection has been a frou-frou all along! Especially for Americans, this comes as utter shock. Dumbledore has suddenly become the best-known gay icon… ever. Never mind Da Vinci, Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Freddy Mercury—these eccentrics and geniuses we can ignore. But Dumbledore will change our image of homosexuality forever...
...pick the acting and directing winners, you can take the pot if you ace the minor categories. But, again, that?s tougher this time. In almost every other year, the favorite is a film with the kind of glossy production values that earn it nominations, and wins, in the frou-frou categories: art direction, costumes and, if the actors run around a bit, editing. No such easy marks this time. Look for Memoirs of a Geisha, a critical and box office disappointment but seemingly run off from the Academy template, to win a couple of these consolation prizes...
...others. But I can never truly habituate them comfortably. THREE TIGHT TIPS FOR LEGGINGS LOVERS: 1) Pair leggings with something rather long. Unless you are J.Lo, no one needs to see that much of you. 2) Do not wear a black thong with them. 3) Do not listen to Frou Frou while you are wearing them. —Staff writer Rebecca M. Harrington can be reached at harring@fas.harvard.edu...
...film hit double figures in the nominations tally, because none of the front-runners was the sort of megaproduction or David Lean-style period piece that can run up a half-dozen citations in the categories devoted to technical expertise (sound editing) or frou-frou artistry (art direction, costumes). These are all "people" movies and "issue" movies...