2024年1月28日 星期日

shtick(also schtick), jollity, menfolk, toyboy, Jupiter. Hark, the Millennial Death Wail



Yoon Suk-yeol is a gruff prosecutor who entered politics less than a year before he was elected. Yet as president, his anti-politician schtick has been exposed as reality: his lack of political skill has become a liability

Everybody Loves Fran. But Why?

Fran Lebowitz offers her take on New York in a Netflix series. But for a city that’s changing, her shtick remains the same, Ginia Bellafante writes.




Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy on this day in 1564!
Among his many astronomical discoveries were the four largest moons of Jupiter. Also, he was a proponent of heliocentricism, the theory that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun.
In celebration of Galileo’s genius and heresy, please enjoy the finale of Gustav Holst's “Jupiter” performed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic on the Sony Classical label.
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op.32 - IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Leonard Bernstein, conductor New York Philharmonic Recorded on November 30 & December ...





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Holst: The Planets - IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity / Bernstein · New York Philharmonic

"Triumphs for nothing and lamenting toys
Is jollity for apes and grief for boys."
--Guiderius from "Cymbeline" (4.2.241)

Disabled pensioner, 64, stunned when Tunisian toyboy husband, 31, dumps her as soon as he gets to Britain

Bill Nye offers how he'd grade America in science.

Just Asking: Bill Nye has his shtick down to a science
He also offers his thoughts on Congress.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM



toy boyLine breaks: toy boy

Definition of toy boy in English:

noun

British informal
male lover who is much younger than his partner.



jollity
ˈdʒɒlɪti/
noun
  1. lively and cheerful activity or celebration.
    "a night of riotous jollity"
    • the quality of being cheerful.
      "he was full of false jollity"





shtickLine breaks: shtick
Pronunciation: /ʃtɪk /(also schtick)

Definition of shtick in English:

NOUN

informal
1gimmickcomic routine, style of performanceetc.associated with a particular person:there are many great comics who have based their stand-up shtick on observational comedyher shtick was to haul out her pet ferret
1.1A person’s special talentinterest, or area of activity:movies about ordinary women who do extraordinary things—that’s my shtick

Origin

1960s: Yiddish, from German Stück 'piece'.



menfolkLine breaks: men|folk
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnfəʊk/(US also menfolks)

Definition of menfolk in English:

plural noun

group of men considered collectively, especially themen of a particular family or community[名]((通例the ~))((古風))(特にある家族・ある地域の)男たち,男連中(men). ▼女性が用いる.the menfolk of the village watch the goings-on

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