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bucolic_frolic

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1. That's a mouthful and I suspect laden with cultural meaning that USAidiots could never parse

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Apr 16, 2022, 06:25 AM

Apr 2022

'suburban curtain-twitchers' refers to ... what would we say in the US of A ... teary-eyed homebound rubber neckers? bleeding heart liberals who don't want to get involved?

It still amazes me how succinct and parsimonious Brits are with the English language. They combine words and deliver exact meaning in ways that never occur to our best wordsmiths.

Unfortunately, dissecting and culturally explaining a paragraph like that is a dissertation for a longer day.

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'The lachrymose self-pity of suburban curtain-twitchers' [View all] Soph0571 Apr 2022 OP

That's a mouthful and I suspect laden with cultural meaning that USAidiots could never parse bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #1

Curtain twitchers: busybodies. Nosey nellies. Assholes who won't mind their own business. ms liberty Apr 2022 #2

I love this. n/t ms liberty Apr 2022 #3

That Is a Thing Of Beauty, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2022 #4