单词 | pan-loafy |
释义 | pan-loafyadj.adv. Scottish colloquial. Affectedly refined, pretentious; posh. Also as adv. Cf. pan-loaf adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > affected or mincing > of speech minced?1542 haw-haw1841 plummy1881 cultivated1908 pan-loafy1946 pan-loaf1947 1946 ‘D. Twitter’ Tales o' Toonie 48 I warned Sarah Amelia no' tae start speakin' pan-loafy fin I wiz wi' her. She thrapit doon my thrapple that if I spak braid Farfar fowk wud tak me for a Turk. 1959 M. Pugh Chancer 61 ‘The little kids used to shout, “Grey breeks, grey breeks, let's hear you speaking pan-loafy,”’ she said... An all girls' school where they paid fees and wore grey uniforms and didn't talk in the local accent was splendidly ridiculous. 1996 Scotl. on Sunday 6 Oct. 25 The most senior of the female jurors spoke with all the pan-loafy primness of Hyacinth Bucket. 2002 Scotl. on Sunday 6 Jan. 15 As an antidote to the old-fashioned stuffiness and pan-loafy platitudes espoused by some of his predecessors, More speaks forcibly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1946 |
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