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Mar 6 03: fun with language
A phrase I hadn’t seen in ages cropped up in the Times today: stink eye. As I understand it, this would be on a par with The Hairy Eyeball, which is one that I dearly dearly love. I first encountered it in a Lynda Barry strip some years ago, and even now I don’t see it much. But boy howdy, is it a good one. (“n. A glance, usu. of suspicion or hostility, made with partially lowered eyelids…1963 N.Y. Times Mag. (Nov. 24) ‘He gave me the hairy eyeball!’; Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, H-O by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1994.”)
cultural report
Kudos to Sari, who this evening had her first gallery opening as part of a juried photography exhibit. Granted, it was distinctly subcultural (“Excuse me, I’m looking for my friend? She’s a short Jewish woman with dark hair?”) but we were all so very proud. And then we went out for Greek food afterwards. Deeee-liteful.(It should be noted that Sari’s photos don’t actually appear on the website linked above. She may be the only artist whose works don’t end up in one of the panoramae. I am appalled. She got very high scores on the linger-and-ponder scale, as far as I could tell.)