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Philip, didn't I meet you at the photo shoot for "Unreconstructed Vixen"? Years ago, when I was in college, an acquaintance started a career of writing what were billed as "historical novels," full up with well-researched local history, but having somewhat lurid covers....
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I don't think of this as a cliche in a negative way - more like a useful shorthand term, like cliff hanger or bodice ripper.
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Without more context, I would guess this means to remove the beauty, mystery, evocativeness, resonance, etc. from poetry. To make it more prosaic.
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"Teats" are nipples, which may explain some of the confusion. This would also be a vulgar, or at least inappropriate, word if applied to a woman (which is unlikely) but is fine for animals. I have never heard "tits" used for anything but the whole package, so to speak, and...
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"he hadn't seen the article in almost half a century" - I would use past perfect here. The speaker is describing not a single occurrence but a long period during which he has not seen whatever it is. Yesterday, I looked for Dapper Dan hair jelly at the store and didn't see it.I...
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Just FYI, I posted that Wikipedia link embedded in the text. There is a video of GW Bush displaying the finger to the camera while goofing around before some filmed event - this is back when he was governor of Texas. You can hear someone off-camera gasp, then Bush says something like, "Hey,...
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In the US, a one-fingered "salute" is more common. It's called, variously, giving someone the finger, flipping the bird, or flipping someone off. Here's an interesting Wikipedia article about the gesture.
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"You know, even he doesn't know..." would make sense in the context, but I'm just not hearing it.
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Heck, I'm not sure what he's saying myself. I think he's saying: "Maybe this ..." is a kind of old-fashioned way of saying "Possibly."
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"You know, he doesn't know that he has these powers yet""Every episode that goes by...""And being an adolescent..."
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