Comments on: Bon Mot http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: mingaling http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/comment-page-1/#comment-462 mingaling Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:39:52 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/#comment-462 Acerbic wit - if only I could earn this before I die. Acerbic wit – if only I could earn this before I die.

]]> By: Cyanbane http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comments on: Bon Mot http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: mingaling http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/comment-page-1/#comment-462 mingaling Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:39:52 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/#comment-462 Acerbic wit - if only I could earn this before I die. Acerbic wit – if only I could earn this before I die.

]]> By: Cyanbane http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/comment-page-1/#comment-462 mingaling Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:39:52 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/#comment-462 Acerbic wit - if only I could earn this before I die. Acerbic wit – if only I could earn this before I die.

]]> Comments on: Bon Mot http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: mingaling http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/comment-page-1/#comment-462 mingaling Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:39:52 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/#comment-462 Acerbic wit - if only I could earn this before I die. Acerbic wit – if only I could earn this before I die.

]]> By: Cyanbane http://mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Cyanbane Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:47:25 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2005/12/15/bon-mot/#comment-461 The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the following to Parker: wisecrack, one-night stand. It sounds like her humor would surprise people today, no telling how it was reacted to in the 30s and 40s. Interesting in realtion to how common "one-night stand" is used today. I have also learned that people that write about Dorothy Parker in the wikipedia like to use the word 'acerbic'. The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the following to Parker: wisecrack, one-night stand.

It sounds like her humor would surprise people today, no telling how it was reacted to in the 30s and 40s. Interesting in realtion to how common “one-night stand” is used today.

I have also learned that people that write about Dorothy Parker in the wikipedia like to use the word ‘acerbic’.

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