FASHION Magazine
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SNP’s word of the day: Sprezzatura
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Sprezzatura
Meaning: An art that seems artless; a rehearsed spontaneity.
Usage: “I have a theory that elegant people have an aura of impenetrable private sadness, and that good taste and impeccable manners are life’s consolation. Perhaps they conjure sprezzatura, the Renaissance ideal of artful nonchalance, that makes it all conceivable.” — Lauren Cerand in her Rumpus.com essay, “On Elegance.” http://therumpus.net/2012/02/on-elegance/
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SNP’s word of the day: Babyccino
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Babyccino
Meaning: A decaf mini cappuccino, made especially for the worst babies on earth.
Usage: “Too hip for apple juice? Try a babyccino… It’s what all the urban lumberjacks in man buns are putting in their offspring’s sippy cups. ” — The Frisky
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SNP’s word of the day: Schizopolis
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Schizopolis
Meaning: A fractured, kaleidoscopic urban landscape.
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SNP’s word of the day: Revengenda
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Revengenda
Meaning: An agenda in which the terminal aim is… duh, revenge. Do I have to tell you guys everything?
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SNP’s word of the day: Nug
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Nug
Meaning: Dear, lover, loved one (Victorian-era slang)
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SNP’s word of the day: Anhedonia
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Anhedonia
Meaning: Inability to experience joy in enjoyable experiences or pleasure in pleasurable ones.
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SNP’s word of the day: You-topia
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: You-topia
Meaning: A self-fulfilling community based around similar desires/interests/pursuits, not so much class/gender/race.
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SNP’s word of the day: Phantasmagorical
Word: Phantasmagorical Meaning: A series of random, fantastical events occurring as in a dream; kind of like surrealism minus the realism. Usage: “I wanted to be sure I was properly grounded before straying into treacherous territory: the nature of being in our phantasmagorical high-finance, high-tech era.” — a Salon.com review of the new Robert Harris […]
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SNP’s word of the day: Diefenbaby
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Diefenbaby
Meaning: The possible illegitimate son of John Diefenbaker.
Usage: “Diefenbaby believes ex-PM’s brain could yield clues” — actual CBC.ca headline
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SNP’s word of the day: Lana Del Reycist
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Lana Del Reycist
Meaning: Discriminating against someone on the basis of perceived inauthenticity.
Usage: “You guys are all just Lana Del Reycist.” — @AlexBlagg on Twitter
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SNP’s word of the day: Blondetourage
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Blondetourage
Meaning: A group of blondes. God, even a blonde could figure that out. Kidding, kidding, kidding!
Usage: “Farrah and Ashley—known on Rock of Love Bus as the charter members of “The Blondetourage”—are stripping together, as a team.” — “Rock of Love Girls: Where Are They Now?” on Jezebel
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SNP’s word of the day: Wackaloon
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Wackaloon
Meaning: Something to be worn, but not to be believed.
Usage: “You can tell if something is ‘directional’; if it looks completely wackaloon at first, but then six months later everyone in your 10:30 meeting is wearing it. ” — Wordnik’s Erin McKean to The Fashion Spot.
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