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The lower womans voice in a choir.
In opera, and especially for women, the alto is known as the contralto while singers in choirs and child singers with the same range are known simply as altos.
Strictly speaking, the alto range is really the mezzo-soprano and contralto ranges put together, mezzo soprano being the higher of the two.
In opera, and especially for women, the alto is known as the contralto while singers in choirs and child singers with the same range are known simply as altos.
Strictly speaking, the alto range is really the mezzo-soprano and contralto ranges put together, mezzo soprano being the higher of the two.
by Lorelili July 15, 2005
Get the alto mug.(1868-1913) A Spanish serial killer, aka "The Vampire of Barcelona": a sociopath with a business plan.
She arrived in Barcelona in 1888 and began working as a maid, but found that she could earn more working as a prostitute. A quick learner, she took the chance to overhear the perverse secrets of the wealthy. Soon she opened a brothel, prostituting children ages 5 through 14 to the city's rich pedophiles. Always adept at capturing children, she would dress in rags and visit the destitute Raval district, where the children looked the most abandoned. She could then go to the galas at the opera house in all of her finery, meeting with her clients. In 1909, her brothel was discovered by police, but her wealthy contacts intervened, saving her from prison.
Enriqueta's next move was the cosmetic needs of the wives and mistresses of her clientele; she began procuring children ages twelve and under, killing them and using their bone marrow, blood, and fat as face creams, love potions, charms, and cures for typhoid, tuberculosis, syphilis, and other diseases. In February, 1912, the reports of six-year-old Teresita Guitart's abduction and a suspicious neighbor's sighting of the missing girl led to Enriqueta Martí's downfall. Her list of contacts was discovered among bloody clothes of children, knives, scalps of blond hair, jars of blood and fat, various scorched bones, and an old book of potions.
She arrived in Barcelona in 1888 and began working as a maid, but found that she could earn more working as a prostitute. A quick learner, she took the chance to overhear the perverse secrets of the wealthy. Soon she opened a brothel, prostituting children ages 5 through 14 to the city's rich pedophiles. Always adept at capturing children, she would dress in rags and visit the destitute Raval district, where the children looked the most abandoned. She could then go to the galas at the opera house in all of her finery, meeting with her clients. In 1909, her brothel was discovered by police, but her wealthy contacts intervened, saving her from prison.
Enriqueta's next move was the cosmetic needs of the wives and mistresses of her clientele; she began procuring children ages twelve and under, killing them and using their bone marrow, blood, and fat as face creams, love potions, charms, and cures for typhoid, tuberculosis, syphilis, and other diseases. In February, 1912, the reports of six-year-old Teresita Guitart's abduction and a suspicious neighbor's sighting of the missing girl led to Enriqueta Martí's downfall. Her list of contacts was discovered among bloody clothes of children, knives, scalps of blond hair, jars of blood and fat, various scorched bones, and an old book of potions.
Enriqueta Martí adamantly stated that her clients were the monsters, but not her; it was just her business. Child prostitutes for the gentlemen, elixirs and face creams for the ladies.
The high-class women who brought Enriqueta's "face creams" knew where these products came from, but a street child was little more than a piece of trash to them.
The police arrived in time to save Teresita and another six-year-old, Angelita, but too late to save Pepito, a boy of the same age; Angelita saw Martí kill him and serve his flesh as a meal.
Enriqueta Martí was killed in 1913 by her fellow inmates, but none of her clients was ever brought to justice.
The high-class women who brought Enriqueta's "face creams" knew where these products came from, but a street child was little more than a piece of trash to them.
The police arrived in time to save Teresita and another six-year-old, Angelita, but too late to save Pepito, a boy of the same age; Angelita saw Martí kill him and serve his flesh as a meal.
Enriqueta Martí was killed in 1913 by her fellow inmates, but none of her clients was ever brought to justice.
by Lorelili November 27, 2010
Get the Enriqueta Martí mug.1) A low-lying plant growth.
2) Slang for a female's pubic hair, but can refer to a male's pubic hair.
3) The 41st and 43rd "presidents". Both of them suck(ed).
4) One of the most hated, inept, uninclusive, idiotic "president"s. He wanted to be president merely for the glory of being the son of a previous president and won dur to a rigged election. He is not known for his leadership skills or for proficiency in his own language. He is known, however, for creating elaborate lies/misleading the American people; for contradicting himself; for failing to find Osama Bin Laden; for starting a war in Iraq when they had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks; for responding to the attacks by just reading to elementary-school children; for leading the U.S. to believe that there were weapons of mass distruction all over the Middle East when there was really nothing there; for mangling names/words; for stunting so much progress in women's rights, gay rights, and protecting the environment, thanks to his bigoted, short-sighted beliefs; and for disgracing the United States.
2) Slang for a female's pubic hair, but can refer to a male's pubic hair.
3) The 41st and 43rd "presidents". Both of them suck(ed).
4) One of the most hated, inept, uninclusive, idiotic "president"s. He wanted to be president merely for the glory of being the son of a previous president and won dur to a rigged election. He is not known for his leadership skills or for proficiency in his own language. He is known, however, for creating elaborate lies/misleading the American people; for contradicting himself; for failing to find Osama Bin Laden; for starting a war in Iraq when they had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks; for responding to the attacks by just reading to elementary-school children; for leading the U.S. to believe that there were weapons of mass distruction all over the Middle East when there was really nothing there; for mangling names/words; for stunting so much progress in women's rights, gay rights, and protecting the environment, thanks to his bigoted, short-sighted beliefs; and for disgracing the United States.
I was hoping that Gore (and later, Kerry) would lick Bush, but my hope was crushed and we have to deal with the stupid fuck for two terms, and be disgraced and sunken even further. While he and his goddamn W.A.S.P. conservative cronies celebrate extravagantly, there's animals and plants in danger of extinction, and there's people who have next to nothing.
by Lorelili December 28, 2005
Get the bush mug.(1516-1558) The only surviving child of Henry and Katherine of Aragon and half-sister of Elizabeth I. Henry's desperation to have a son as an heir led him to not only divorce and banish Katherine (making Mary a bastard) but also barred mother and daughter from each other until they acknowledged homewrecker Anne Boleyn as the true Queen, which they refused. When Katherine died in 1536, she had last seen her daughter over two years before.
Devastated at her mother's death, barred from her mother's funeral by Henry, and bearing a mutual hatred for Anne (who made Mary her daughter's maidservant), Mary's luck turned when Anne was put to death and her father married Jane Seymour, who was deeply loyal to Mary. Sadly, the birth of Edward VI killed Jane.
Constantly fearful for her life due to court intrigue and the new power of the Protestants of the court, Mary's solace was her Catholic faith, despite the friendship of Anne of Cleves.
Her fundamentalist Protestant brother, Edward, died in 1553, swallowing his misogyny to let his cousin, Lady Jane Grey, take the throne. Nine days later, Mary ejected her and became Queen Mary I.
Mary would wed Philip II of Spain (11 years her junior), suffer two phantom pregnancys, and become wildly unpopular for her persecution and execution of Protestants, earning her the nickname "Bloody Mary".
Devastated at her mother's death, barred from her mother's funeral by Henry, and bearing a mutual hatred for Anne (who made Mary her daughter's maidservant), Mary's luck turned when Anne was put to death and her father married Jane Seymour, who was deeply loyal to Mary. Sadly, the birth of Edward VI killed Jane.
Constantly fearful for her life due to court intrigue and the new power of the Protestants of the court, Mary's solace was her Catholic faith, despite the friendship of Anne of Cleves.
Her fundamentalist Protestant brother, Edward, died in 1553, swallowing his misogyny to let his cousin, Lady Jane Grey, take the throne. Nine days later, Mary ejected her and became Queen Mary I.
Mary would wed Philip II of Spain (11 years her junior), suffer two phantom pregnancys, and become wildly unpopular for her persecution and execution of Protestants, earning her the nickname "Bloody Mary".
By the time Henry died, Mary Tudor was a spinster of 31, sickly and angry. By then, she refused to associate with her brother and sister, whom she resented. Her father had married increasingly younger women (Katherine Howard was at least five years younger than Mary) while his eldest daughter, once his pride and joy, was kicked to the curb by her own father, was still unmarried; Mary must have thought in fury, "When will this bastard stop worrying about his future and worry about mine?!"
Mary Tudor has become known as "Bloody Mary" for her fundamentalist Catholic regime and merciless persecution of Protestants (she pursued Bishop Thomas Cranmer with particular cruelty, since he had destroyed her mother's marriage), although her father and sister were not exactly saints themselves and Henry was far bloodier.
Mary died in 1558 of cancer, a defeated and deeply disappointed woman. She had failed to restore England to the Catholic faith, her marriage to Philip was a travesty, and she failed to produce heirs.
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary/ How does your garden grow?/ With silver bells and cockle shells/ And pretty maids all in a row."
Mary Tudor has become known as "Bloody Mary" for her fundamentalist Catholic regime and merciless persecution of Protestants (she pursued Bishop Thomas Cranmer with particular cruelty, since he had destroyed her mother's marriage), although her father and sister were not exactly saints themselves and Henry was far bloodier.
Mary died in 1558 of cancer, a defeated and deeply disappointed woman. She had failed to restore England to the Catholic faith, her marriage to Philip was a travesty, and she failed to produce heirs.
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary/ How does your garden grow?/ With silver bells and cockle shells/ And pretty maids all in a row."
by Lorelili September 25, 2011
Get the Mary Tudor mug.Literally, "daughter of the street". A French eumphemism for a prostitute, although "fille de la rue" can also mean simply a girl or a woman born and raised in the streets.
Dans la nuit, comment peux-tu pas voir une fille de la rue quand elle te passe?
(In the night, how can you not see a daughter of the street when she passes you?)
(In the night, how can you not see a daughter of the street when she passes you?)
by Lorelili May 22, 2009
Get the fille de la rue mug.Originally meant a female courtier, a woman of a royal or noble court. By the Renaissance, the connotations of the word had acquired that of the mistress or concubine of a king or a noble.
Now it generally means a high-class prostitute whose clients are wealthy men.
Now it generally means a high-class prostitute whose clients are wealthy men.
"Christian, I'm a courtesan; I'm paid to make men believe what they want to believe." -Satine, Moulin Rouge
Thaïs, Empress Theodora, Diane de Poitiers, Mary Boleyn, Anne Boleyn, Madame du Pompadour, Marie Duplessis, and Mata Hari are but a few of many famous courtesans.
Thaïs, Empress Theodora, Diane de Poitiers, Mary Boleyn, Anne Boleyn, Madame du Pompadour, Marie Duplessis, and Mata Hari are but a few of many famous courtesans.
by Lorelili January 17, 2011
Get the courtesan mug.Son of a bitch in different languages:
Gaelic: Mac ghalla
Welsh: Ap ast
Spanish: Hijo de una puta
Portuguese: Filho de una puta
Italian: Figlio di una puta
French: Fils de une putain
Dutch: Zoon van een kutwijf
German: Sohn eines Schlampe
Gaelic: Mac ghalla
Welsh: Ap ast
Spanish: Hijo de una puta
Portuguese: Filho de una puta
Italian: Figlio di una puta
French: Fils de une putain
Dutch: Zoon van een kutwijf
German: Sohn eines Schlampe
by Lorelili January 9, 2006
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