St Edward's Crown
...all making an apppearance on a TV screen near you today!
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
I don't know which one to wear first.
ReplyDeleteChoices, choices... Jx
DeleteI will be listening to the radio and polishing my paste.
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"Polishing my paste"? Is that a euphemism, Ms Scarlet? Jx
DeletePaste jewellery - I know, it's a long forgotten description of cheap gems!
DeleteMy mum used to say it a lot re her costume jewellery.
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Ah, now it makes sense. I know the term "paste", but no-one seems to use it any more. I think that's probably because diamanté sounds better (and more camp!). Jx
DeletePS here's an informative article about it
One is never enough, one finds.
ReplyDeleteand they have a few more that they didn't even bother with.
King Julian XIII, self-proclaimed lord of the lemurs: "Here, have my crown. I've got a bigger one." Jx
DeleteToutes ces couronnes me rappellent l'emission televisee 'Spitting Image' ou le reine Elizabeth ('God bless') dit a Margaret Thatcher "tu peux porter tous les chapeaux que tu veux mais tu ne porteras jamais le chapeau que te veux VRAIMENT. la Couronne Royale". *d'Anjou
ReplyDeleteSpitting Image got so many things right... Jx
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