Word: hebe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been widely, if not wisely, admired for its daring fantasy. The picture contains a scene in which Neptune uses his trident to frighten the patrons of a deluxe Manhattan swimming pool, an episode in which Bacchus finds modern whiskey so fiery it makes him belch, a passage in which Hebe discovers a container full of paper cups. Alan Mowbray plays the inventor with admirable presence of mind. Meg, the stone girl who becomes his accomplice when he converts her into flesh & blood, is Florine McKinney. Typical shot: Venus de Milo experimenting with a pair of arms...
...currently common, uncomplimentary terms for Jew, apparently too modern for Roget's are: hebe (collegiate and journalese), kike (general). Cleveland Jews call Cleveland Heights, where many co-religionists reside, "Kike's Peak...