| 单词 | pseud's corner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPseud's (also Pseuds') Corner Pseud's (also Pseuds') Corner n. (the name of) a satirical column published in the British magazine Private Eye from 1968, used allusively to designate or denote the realm of the intellectually pretentious, or pseudo-intellectual writing, behaviour, etc., collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected person > collectively Turveydropdom1892 Pseud's Corner1968 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [noun] > indulgence in Pseud's Corner1968 1968 Private Eye 22 Nov. 3/3 (heading) Pseuds' Corner. 1971 Guardian 21 Oct. 14/2 Woodstock, the drug scene, the race war, Vietnam... The genre is familiar, and the path through it can verge dangerously close to Pseud's Corner. 1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 28 Aug. i. 12 The recording, undecorated by more than an occasional bout of Tibetan song or pipe-playing (and a quote from Noel Odell as introduction, that should go straight to Pseuds' Corner). 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 108/3 The contributors wish to rise above the slick phrasemaking of style publications such as Arena and The Face , yet avoid being Pseuds' Corner pretentious. 2005 Guardian 10 Sept. (Guide Suppl.) 69/3 Art School. 6pm, BBC2... For the next 10 week days, you can watch them fling clay about, get right up pseud's corner with their hilarious introspections and generally bitch at each other. < as lemmas |
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