Word: lisps
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...couple of times but who singularly changed the way I understand the social scene on this campus, and beyond that, the potential for union (both spiritual and physical) between the sexes. He spoke in a lexicon that was both strange and familiar, foreign and native. With a slight lisp, he ran through compound words and terminology with almost preternatural vigor, mixing the most ribald details with the most profound of allusions. It was as if I simultaneously understood none of what he said and that his words were the very translation of my heart’s secret Braille...
...intense amusement to my intimates and irritating the heck out of everyone else. So there will be no mention of Wayne Barry Hill III, the Ross-Douthat-door-unlock, gibbons and seals, the Symposium, or Cake. And I’m not going to talk about my entirely fictional lisp...
When I came out of the closet, I painted the door pink and nailed it shut. Yes, I’m a dramatic, finger-snapping flamer with limp wrists, a slight lisp and tight jeans. A little too much sugar in the pants. Captain of the pink team. Maybe that’s why I’m spending Valentine’s Day alone with a box of chocolates from myself...
...friends. As I spent more time alone, free from the social entanglements supposedly responsible for my flamboyance, I realized I wasn’t all that different from before. In the vacuum of isolation, I was still a dramatic finger-snapping flamer with limp wrists, a slight lisp and tight jeans. Werden was du bist, suggested Goethe—Become what you are. While my harassment in high school may have exaggerated my latent traits, it certainly didn’t create me. Instead, it showed me who I really...
...favorite SNL regular Tim Meadows brings Leon Phelps to the big screen in all of his pimping glory, complete with afro, disco threads, and that ridiculous lisp. With a much longer time slot to play with, the filmmakers really got a chance to flesh out the details of Leon's womanizing world, from the love candles, Kama Sutra posters, and bottle of Courvoisier that grace his radio booth when he's on the air, to his bachelor pad-a boat house that he fittingly calls his "Skank-tuary." And of course, we get to hear all the best Leon-isms...