Title : A vogue word, rejected.
link : A vogue word, rejected.
A vogue word, rejected.
You don't need to care about the NYT crossword to be interested in what follows — it discusses a current buzzword — but it does reveal a couple answers.
From Rex Parker's write-up of today's puzzle:
Not recommended: the word THROUPLE. The state of THROUPLEdom, I'm agnostic on, but the word THROUPLE is singularly ugly. And nonsenscial. A couple is two. I get that you are reconceiving "couple" but why not just make it its own thing. I proposed THREEDOM and my housemates (not that drunk) thought it was pretty good. "We Invite You To Celebrate Our THREEDOM!" "Let THREEDOM Ring!" You can do a lot with THREEDOM, I'm just saying.
"Threedom" is amusing, but it's amusing in the same way as "throuple." I get Parker's point, which is that "throuple" fails to imply the argument that one is breaking loose from convention. It seems to purport to be just a modest variation on an old standard. But maybe that's the point.
How free are you in a set of 3? Maybe you're less free, because you can always be out-voted. The other 2 can always ally against you. Oh, the gas-lighting! In a couple, you're (at least potentially) equal. I like the way "throuple" sounds like "trouble." It sends its own warning.
And if you want another word, there's "triad," which has that great David Crosby song — famously sung by Grace Slick on The Jefferson Airplane's "Crown of Creation." It's the song that broke up The Byrds, a band that began as a threesome. Oh! There's the answer: "threesome." And "threesome" corresponds to "throuple" in a way "threedom" does not. Rex had to change "throuple" to "throupledom" to make his various jokes.
And maybe you don't think throupling is funny, but part of the decline of civilization. I'm not sure "civilization" is even an acceptable word anymore. It's right wing, isn't it?! Speaking of what's acceptable these days... the NYT puzzle had "tampon" as one answer, clued as an "alternative" to "pad." Rex found that "thrilling" and expressed happiness that "the puzzle went there, having been squeamish about such things for many, many years." He doesn't mention that "tampon" crosses with "TMI" (clued as "That's enough!").
But let's drift back 17 years, to the post I wrote about "Triad" on January 21, 2006, "Snow... and a hippie song":
It snowed last night:
Silvio wants to drive out into the country:
Playing on the stereo, "Triad" (sung by David Crosby, not Grace Slick):
I want to know how it will beRemember that? I love the way he's overflowing with love yet still manages to say "face like ice a little bit colder." The whole world is transforming, except the part where men hate their mother-in-law. Anyway, great classic song expressing the deluded idea, which seemed true at the time, that if we just stopped listening to the uptight squares -- with their rules, man -- we could find infinite pleasure.
Me and her or you and me
You both stand there with your long hair flowing
Your eyes alive, your minds are still growing
Saying to me what can we do now that we
Both love you -- I love you too
I don't really see, why can't we go on as three
You are afraid, embarrased too, no one has ever
Said such a thing to you
Your mother's ghost stands at you shoulder
A face like ice a little bit colder
Saying to you
You can not do that it breaks all the rules
You learned in school
I don't really see, why can't we go on as three
We love each other it's plain to see
There's just one answer comes to me
Sister lovers -- water brothers
And in time maybe others
So you see what we can do
If we try something new - if you're crazy too
I don't really see, why can't we go on as three
AND: The problem with "threesome" is that it sounds like an isolated sexual encounter, not an ongoing, committed relationship.
And isn't it nice — here in the hottest part of the year — to see the snow... the snow of 2006... the snows of yesteryear? Remember when we still had snow? But we didn't hear the warning, and now it's too late.
You don't need to care about the NYT crossword to be interested in what follows — it discusses a current buzzword — but it does reveal a couple answers.
From Rex Parker's write-up of today's puzzle:
Not recommended: the word THROUPLE. The state of THROUPLEdom, I'm agnostic on, but the word THROUPLE is singularly ugly. And nonsenscial. A couple is two. I get that you are reconceiving "couple" but why not just make it its own thing. I proposed THREEDOM and my housemates (not that drunk) thought it was pretty good. "We Invite You To Celebrate Our THREEDOM!" "Let THREEDOM Ring!" You can do a lot with THREEDOM, I'm just saying.
"Threedom" is amusing, but it's amusing in the same way as "throuple." I get Parker's point, which is that "throuple" fails to imply the argument that one is breaking loose from convention. It seems to purport to be just a modest variation on an old standard. But maybe that's the point.
How free are you in a set of 3? Maybe you're less free, because you can always be out-voted. The other 2 can always ally against you. Oh, the gas-lighting! In a couple, you're (at least potentially) equal. I like the way "throuple" sounds like "trouble." It sends its own warning.
And if you want another word, there's "triad," which has that great David Crosby song — famously sung by Grace Slick on The Jefferson Airplane's "Crown of Creation." It's the song that broke up The Byrds, a band that began as a threesome. Oh! There's the answer: "threesome." And "threesome" corresponds to "throuple" in a way "threedom" does not. Rex had to change "throuple" to "throupledom" to make his various jokes.
And maybe you don't think throupling is funny, but part of the decline of civilization. I'm not sure "civilization" is even an acceptable word anymore. It's right wing, isn't it?! Speaking of what's acceptable these days... the NYT puzzle had "tampon" as one answer, clued as an "alternative" to "pad." Rex found that "thrilling" and expressed happiness that "the puzzle went there, having been squeamish about such things for many, many years." He doesn't mention that "tampon" crosses with "TMI" (clued as "That's enough!").
But let's drift back 17 years, to the post I wrote about "Triad" on January 21, 2006, "Snow... and a hippie
It snowed last night:
Silvio wants to drive out into the country:
Playing on the stereo, "Triad" (sung by David Crosby, not Grace Slick):
I want to know how it will beRemember that? I love the way he's overflowing with love yet still manages to say "face like ice a little bit colder." The whole world is transforming, except the part where men hate their mother-in-law. Anyway, great classic song expressing the deluded idea, which seemed true at the time, that if we just stopped listening to the uptight squares -- with their rules, man -- we could find infinite pleasure.
Me and her or you and me
You both stand there with your long hair flowing
Your eyes alive, your minds are still growing
Saying to me what can we do now that we
Both love you -- I love you too
I don't really see, why can't we go on as three
You are afraid, embarrased too, no one has ever
Said such a thing to you
Your mother's ghost stands at you shoulder
A face like ice a little bit colder
Saying to you
You can not do that it breaks all the rules
You learned in school
I don't really see, why can't we go on as three
We love each other it's plain to see
There's just one answer comes to me
Sister lovers -- water brothers
And in time maybe others
So you see what we can do
If we try something new - if you're crazy too
I don't really see, why can't we go on as three
AND: The problem with "threesome" is that it sounds like an isolated sexual encounter, not an ongoing, committed relationship.
And isn't it nice — here in the hottest part of the year — to see the snow... the snow of 2006... the snows of yesteryear? Remember when we still had snow? But we didn't hear the warning, and now it's too late.
Thus articles A vogue word, rejected.
You now read the article A vogue word, rejected. with the link address https://welcometoamerican.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-vogue-word-rejected.html
Related Posts :
THE RUBES WON'T REALIZE THEY'RE GULLED ANYTIME SOON
13 33 45 89 137 216 | Maya Moore of the WINBA's Minnesota Lynx & LeBron James basketball championship riddle
47 66 666 | psephisato, the word used for 'beast' by the Greeks in Revelation 13:18
47 58 108 211 | Island wide power outage in Puerto Rico, April 18, 2018 +Connection to Maria hitting Puerto Rico September 20, 2017
Is Libya’s Most Powerful Military Leader Dead?
0 Response to "A vogue word, rejected."
Post a Comment