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...eyes Your best pick-up line: “Besides being sexy, what else do you do?” Best lie you’ve ever told: Wasn’t me! Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: This question is silly Favorite childhood toy: A big and fluffy green tank Sexiest physical trait: No idea Favorite part about Harvard: My friends Describe yourself in three words: Shrewd, jolly, and graceful In 15 minutes you are: Reading the news
...what to make of the other images on Cuteoverload.com? A tiny snail. A lizard curled up in the palm of someone's hand. Giant plush-toy versions of the e. coli and Gonnorhea viruses. And, genius though the concept may be, one suspects that Hallmark stores will not be featuring an aisle devoted to "cats'n' racks" - the site's term for the photo genre featuring felines nestled between breasts - any time soon...
...Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic: The Aesthetics of Consumerism, essayist Daniel Harris wrote about the tendency for "cute" to veer into a fetishization of helplessness or even the grotesque. Writing about a line of dolls from the toy company Galoob, Harris observed that most cute dolls, were they to exist in real life, would not be adorable at all, but in fact deformed and helpless, unable to walk on their stumpy, swollen legs, cursed with useless, fat fingers and with heads too large to be held up by a weak infant's neck. Science has borne out that such helplessness...
...called the Mayor in Your Pocket." He gave the novelty item a couple of squeezes and out came tinny-sounding snippets of vintage post-Katrina Naginese: "You've got to be kidding me! This is a national disaster!" The mayor basked in howls of laughter as the toy squawked. "They're making money off me," he said...
...best pick-up line: I’m not that smooth. (It works every time.) Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I’m naturally blonde. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: I’m naturally blonde. Favorite childhood toy: Candyland. Sexiest physical trait: My sex-phone-operator-esque voice. Favorite part about Harvard: Alexa, Lizzie, Alexandra, Tina, Sylvia, Steph, Livia, Whitney, Allie, Lucy—my roommates. Least favorite part about Harvard: Bars close at 2 a.m. Describe yourself in three words: Chi-chis afuera. In 15 minutes...