FASHION Magazine
-
SNP’s word of the day: Pneumatic
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Pneumatic
Meaning: Technically, it means filled with air, usually compressed air, like the tubes running throughout George Orwell‘s 1984. But Huxley used it relentlessly to describe a woman whose curves were so ample they seemed inflated; he also used it to describe chairs, but we’ll save that objectification discussion for another day.