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April 06, 2013, 20:53
KallehRake
I was reading an article about an older woman who was kidnapped by teenagers and put in the trunk of the car. As it turned out, she is fine. In the course of the story, she called her first husband a "rake." I hadn't heard of that term, though Shu had. From Dictionary.com it means "a dissolute man, esp. one in fashionable society; roué." Shu used the term "sexual predator."
Do you use it? Do you see it often?
Roué is new to me, too...a man devoted to sensual pleasure.
April 06, 2013, 21:16
BobHaleI don't think I've ever used it but it's fairly common in older literature.
There is even a series of
Hogarth paintings and a
Stravinsky opera based on them.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
April 07, 2013, 05:32
<Proofreader>Rake for a man is analagous to hoe for a woman.
April 07, 2013, 06:38
BobHaleSo when a rake and a hoe get together do they fork?
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
April 07, 2013, 08:16
<Proofreader>Depends on the pitch
April 07, 2013, 16:06
GeoffIt must be a
Harrowing experience plowing her unless she's been spade.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
April 07, 2013, 16:10
GeoffThere's an Englishman on the model airplane discussion site I frequent named Peter Rake. What can I say...
http://www.vintagemodelcompany.com/category/peter-rake-models/
I've seen the term on occasion, but, as with the others, it's not one I often use.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
April 07, 2013, 21:19
KallehThe article also had
mortarboard in it. I've heard it used for cap and gowns for graduations, but not for a woman's hat. Women's hats just aren't that common anymore.
April 08, 2013, 06:48
<Proofreader>Hats off to the ladies.
April 08, 2013, 11:55
bethree5Just watched the Coco Chanel biopic with Isabelle Adjani. She started as a milliner (?) in Paris, & oh were they gorgeous. Bring them back, I say. The rakes will come running.
April 08, 2013, 16:06
<Proofreader>HuffPost had this article detailing why you should be careful what you name your products.
NSFWApril 09, 2013, 05:31
GeoffSome years back someone tried selling an Australian sunscreen called "Nads" in the US. Nad may be short for the woman's name, Nadine, in Oz, but here in the USA...
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
April 13, 2013, 22:06
AnWulfquote:
So when a rake and a hoe get together do they fork?
More likely they spoon ...
freespeller
April 13, 2013, 23:56
BobHalequote:
Originally posted by AnWulf:
quote:
So when a rake and a hoe get together do they fork?
More likely they spoon ...
So, good at the wordplay as well as the serious posts, eh?
How are you at writing limericks? We have a regular limerick writing game here too.
Once again, welcome.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.