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August 25, 2005
The Masstige of Salad Tossing
It�s Tuesday night and I�m writing this at home (on my snazzy newcomputer). I realize this won�t get posted until Wednesday morning because Istill don�t have fucking internet in my apartment (for a few months, Iwas stealing someone�s unprotected wireless, but the bastards got wiseand added a password). In part, I am doing this because if don�twrite now, I will be tempted to write when I get to work in themorning, and if I am tempted, I will doubtless give in and any hope ofproductivity will be down the chute. (I have a deadline to meet, and itis noon on Friday. Fuck.) I would be lying, though, if Ididn�t say that, in part, I am writing now because I just can�t waitthat fucking long (what�ten, eleven hours?) to share the followingchoice items culled from the September issue of Vogue:
1. From an article entitled �The Firm� (Sally Singer) about aweight-loss program on which the author lost twenty pounds in eightweeks, or something like that, I give you�this [emphases my own]:
2. Masstige mas'te -'tej 1. n. the combination of mass production and marketing technology, and thewidespread perception image of belonging to the uppermost ranks ofsocial and economic class: Channel No. 5 reeks of masstige.
2. adj. the quality of possessing masstige. ETYMOLOGY: from the English, �Mass plus prestige equalsmasstige.� (Brooks, Amanda 743); ORIGIN early 21st cent.:�Fr�d�ric Fekkai gave me the word, but I don�t think he originated it.�(Brooks 743)
3. Look! Vogue's doing a high-fashion remake of The JonBenet Ramsey Story.
what should I do with the body?
Oh, Vogue-- you've got so much masstige!
God help us all.
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Posted by hissycat at August 25, 2005 09:31 AM
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Comments
Well done.
The ambiguity of the phrase 'salad tossing' has never been a problem for me though.
I hate both. Unless I'm *really* hungry.
--Alex
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