Word: lemons
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...behavior and tastes." The ideal of feminine beauty, which the white plague made current, was epitomized by Dumas fils (mourning an ex-mistress) in La Dame aux Camelias: frail, pale, hollow-eyed and languid. To be like this type, healthy and otherwise sensible young women dosed themselves with lemon juice and vinegar. The cult of pallor extended to men and crossed the ocean so that Poet Sidney Lanier was shocked by Walt Whitman's "healthy animality." Tom Moore quotes Byron before a mirror, saying: "I look pale. I should like to die of a consumption." "Why?" "Because the ladies...
...Lemon Squash...
...convinced that Zsa Zsa Gabor is the most conceited female on this universe, and is concerned about no one except Zsa Zsa. My sympathy goes to George Sanders, for I'm sure he's worse off than just a "squeezed lemon...
...knees with 38 on the clock, and two dozen for a loaded cream puff with a few dings." I was reminded of some more lingo that one might encounter between two used-car dealers when I read your Oct. 13 article on the adman's jargon: "Dog, lemon, roach, bucket of bolts, Southern beauty, Detroit taxicab," etc. (a used car in very poor condition); "piece, piece of iron" (any car); "heat and music" (radio and heater); "bill" ($100); "dozen" ($1,200) "cream puff" (a used car that was well taken care of) ; "dings" (minor dents) ; "down on its knees...
Juice 1/2 Lemon...