Re: Judgemental Phrases: a Mild Misunderstanding
Posted by Hopefully Helpfull on November 21, 1999
In Reply to: Judgemental Phrases: a Mild Misunderstanding
posted by Chester Helm on November 21, 1999
: Iposted before, asking for a reference book or Web site pertaining
to reasonably artful phrases of fault-finding, disparagement, low
appraisal, and so forth. But I really do wish to avoid the purely
boorish or vulgar.
: Thank you for the responses offered, but there seemed to be a
misunderstanding that I was looking for the truly nasty -- which
I am not. I'm actually looking for something reasonably witty, possibly
wry or dry humor. Less the verbal blow torch than the well-considered
judgement.
: Any suggestions? Thank you. Chester
Do you mean phrases/sayings like. 'My wife is beautiful, her teeth
are like stars - they come out each night'. - made up by me today,
very true but certainly not very good
Or the put down ' It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read
books of quotations' - Winston Churchill 1874 -1967
Or the more subtle ' Who can refute a sneer' - William Paley 1743
-1805
Or the slightly risqué ' If all the girls attending it (the Yale
Prom) were laid end to end , I wouldn't be at all surprised' - Dorothy
Parker 1893-1967
Or the definitely cruel ' Certain women should be struck regularly,
like gongs' - Noel Coward 1899 -1973
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