Word: pretender
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...really caught on at Harvard, as we are constantly behind on every trend, but I’m sure they will eventually filter into our collective aesthetic, in geekier and less elegant forms. In order to handle this contingency, I offer you: THREE ANKLE-HIGH TIPS 1) Do not pretend that you are not wearing ankle boots by covering them up with jeans. Not only does this completely defeat the purpose of ankle boots but it also makes you look like Axl Rose when he tried to sport cornrows. It is that bad of an idea. 2) Wear your ankle...
...Bands Dressed Up As...Other Bands Even musicians like to get in on the Halloween action; next Tuesday at the Middle East, the band Taxpayer will pretend to be the Pixies, Ho-Ag will try on Devo’s shiny red hats, the Appreciation Post will dress up like Rocket from the Crypt, and Chainletter will appear as the Cure. If you show up for the 6 p.m. show—which features Honah Lee’s Ladies Nightmare, the Keyhole Burlesque, Vagiant and Sunshine Ward—you can stay the whole night on the same ticket...
Only the boldest lit concentrator and Toscanini’s regular takes his MacBook to the minimalist outside tables, where he can pretend to read (but actually just be seen with) post-colonialist Prof. Homi K. Bhabha’s “The Location of Culture.” In addition to his leather manbag stuffed with Marlboro Reds and Saturday night show tickets for the Middle East, he sports an ironic Communist slogan T-shirt. But don’t be fooled by the façade of pretension; he’s actually quite approachable?...
...book doesn’t make a single mention of abortion, gay marriage, or stem-cell research. The authors, like many in the Democratic Party machine, don’t understand why so many millions of voters care so vehemently about such dilemmas, and would like to pretend they don’t exist...
...with a blogging critic initially made me think, Great - a critic got a taste of his own medicine [Sept. 25]. But I read on and found out Grossman had experienced the cyberslander that is so prevalent in Internet blogging. Unfortunately, the Internet has allowed anyone with a computer to pretend to be an expert on anything. No matter how uninformed, unintelligent or unrestrained people may be, they can declare themselves authorities and everyone else complete idiots. Since our society loves sensationalism over substance, such ranting gets more attention than legitimate literature. So maybe the bloggers are right after all. Perhaps...