Word: moocher
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Why do we need to come up with a new label for kids who stay at home with their parents while figuring out what they want to do? We've had a name for that for years: moocher...
...comically. Jonathan, a beekeeper and insurance adjuster of low character, sees his opening: he keeps Hazel in his home, trying desperately to keep Hazel ignorant of their disputes. Meanwhile, an eclectic bunch comes to her rescue: Freddie, a black American roofer, Charlotte, an out-of-work actress and inveterate moocher, and Mr. Early, a designer of mannequin parts...
...keeps the pages turning. Barney is a flamboyant sinner. What can you say about a guy who immediately tries to run off with a woman he meets at his own wedding, or plays practical jokes on the elderly? But did Barney really kill Boogie, an old friend and international moocher who was caught in the act with the second...
Jimi is the classic slacker, an overeducated and undisciplined moocher. But unlike most present day slackers, wrapped comfortably in flannel shirts and idolized in songs by Beck, this slacker is stripped of all glory. The people in suits, the ones that often pay for Banks' drinks, say they envy his freedom and his one-day-at-a-time mentality, but the utterly demeaning nature of his existence demonstrates the hollowness of this conceit...
...whole crew of crazy caricatures and shipped them off to the ramshackle town of Sweethaven. In residence, there are the Oyls, most notably Olive, Popeye's confused and confusing "sweet pattootie"; Swee'pea, Popeye's mischievous "adoptik infink"; the villainous, animal-like Bluto; J. Wellington Wimpy, the hamburger moocher; Rough-House, the short-order cook; Geezil, a boarder at the Oyls; and Poopdeck Pappy, Popeye's long-lost father. Several other bizarre characters skulk about having no apparent role other than adding to the absurdity...