Word: shudder
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...attitude, around which a whole school of humor has grown up. The classic story of this school is, I believe, the following: A young officer who had lived through the Battle of Dunkirk was being urged by his hostess at a dinner party to describe his experiences. With a shudder he replied: "The noise, my dear! And the people...
...ghostly passage across the sky startles the animal world. A leopard releases a captured doe, and both cower deep in the underbrush. In the city, men, women and children sleep, while their "leaders and wise men" anxiously scan the heavens, "but it was too late." There is a shudder of light and, in all the raised faces, eyes melt in their sockets...
...Take a Bath. Though Philologist Ross admitted that "silence [is] perhaps the most favorite of all U usages today." the upper classes do have to open their mouths sometimes. They may repress a shudder at saying "Cheers" when drinking, but they will flatly refuse to say the non-U "God bless!" They do not "take a bath"; the U version is "have one's bath." U usage is a nought for the U.S. zero, and what? for pardon! The word civil has a special meaning for the upper class: it is "used to approve the behavior...
...venomous infighting among the career girls on a Manhattan fashion magazine. Jayne Meadows and Elizabeth Montgomery had no difficulty proving the deadliness of the determined female, and Nina Foch worked herself into a convincing neurosis as their outmaneuvered victim. Few males could watch this show without a premonitory shudder. In fact, it was a bad wreek all around for the male...
...Paix as an artistic monument. Though most of the restaurant's specialities, e.g., la bouillabaisse de Marius, may be ordered at the counter, the management is making its big pitch for the tourist with short-order dishes that would have made Brillat-Savarin shudder. Items: Pacific Nightmare, a 95? pie filled with minced chicken and fresh mushrooms; Romeo and Juliette Tenderloin Steakie with watercress ($1.35); and 75? Frenchified "hush puppies," French fried cheese balls with salad...