Comments by thomas_godard

  • This is a Yiddish word meaning old wives' tale.

    April 7, 2016

  • According to Oxford Dictionaries

    a young urban man who cultivates an appearance and style of dress (typified by a beard and check shirt) suggestive of a rugged outdoor lifestyle

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/14/lumbersexual-beard-plaid-male-fashion

    November 20, 2015

  • An Indian exclamation of surprise, anger or frustration.

    October 18, 2015

  • Daniel Katz, The Poetry of Jack Spicer (2013, p.102)

    "Meanwhile the Fake Novel itself in some ways takes the place of that other legendary piece of lost Rimbaldiana, La Chasse Spirituelle, which Verlaine himself deemed Rimbaud's greatest work."

    October 4, 2015

  • Artworks or artefacts relating to, or made by French poet Arthur Rimbaud, esp. which are regarded as collectable or of historical significance. After Americana.

    October 4, 2015

  • A word used in the British media to describe a supporter of Labour politician Jeremy Corbyn.

    September 30, 2015