Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sometimes people don't even realize they're being offensive. When I traveled to Asia this past summer, a white gentleman gave me this bit of advice. "While you're in Asia, don't make big arm gestures--it intimidates them." With an entirely straight face, he told me he knew it was true because he'd read it in Michael Crichton's pulp fiction classic, Rising...
...look, you think as you wait for a self-service scoop of cauliflower au gratin. The gentleman in front of you on line is wearing a ski mask. How quaint. However will he use his fork and knife? Oh, what does it matter. These ingenious Harvard men will always find...
...Wednesday afternoon, two women in overalls walk into a little Central Square shop and ask for Joe, the on-premises body-piercer. Another woman, who appears to be one of Joe's regular customers, purchases a pair of fishnet stockings. A portly gentleman in a parka and workboots treats himself to a smashing new set of riding crops, which the cashier carefully wraps in black tissue paper...
...movie, "The Distinguished Gentleman," Eddie Murphy plays a conman-turned-congressional representative who wins an election by shortening his name--Thomas Jefferson Johnson--to Jeff Johnson. The previous representative, the recently-deceased Jefferson Davis Johnson, also went by "Jeff." Thomas Johnson obtains old campaign signs and other materials from Johnson's wife and wins on the basis of pure name recognition. In one scene, a typical couple walks into the voting booth; the husband asks his wife, "Who do we vote for for Congress...
...Robber Bridegroom," the protagonist appears to be a perfect gentleman, but in reality, he is a cannibal who preys upon innocent young maidens. How does this translate with a female character? Atwood answers that you must read to find...