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alternate definition: 1970's derogatory term for women's literature. Now archaic.
Concept was that writing was either literature or it was not literature, so any attempt to manufacture a subgroup was somehow denigrating the legitimate body of work.
Sprang from growth of Women's Studies programs at US universities.
Sometimes also used to describe Comparative Literature, although usage may have faded into obscurity.
Concept was that writing was either literature or it was not literature, so any attempt to manufacture a subgroup was somehow denigrating the legitimate body of work.
Sprang from growth of Women's Studies programs at US universities.
Sometimes also used to describe Comparative Literature, although usage may have faded into obscurity.
by adam_before_eve April 17, 2006
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Swedes are known as boxheads due to their squarish heads.
Often used to describe a thick, dull, brutish fellow that is prone to drunkenness.
Swedes are known as boxheads due to their squarish heads.
Often used to describe a thick, dull, brutish fellow that is prone to drunkenness.
That Swede was such a boxhead that he had a Volvo and a Saab.
That Swede's noggin was box-shaped so that is why he was called a boxhead.
Shall we go to Ikea to see the boxheads?
That Swede's noggin was box-shaped so that is why he was called a boxhead.
Shall we go to Ikea to see the boxheads?
by adam_before_eve April 27, 2006
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I got a new Gizmondo for 100 pounds and I would have paid up to 200 so I had a lot of consumer surplus.
That company has a monopoly so they jack up the prices to erode my consumer surplus.
That company has a monopoly so they jack up the prices to erode my consumer surplus.
by adam_before_eve July 30, 2006
Get the consumer surplus mug.also spelled s'crapper: someone that gets by on scraps, or gets into scraps, and might as well live in a crapper; a down-and-outer, a loser
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Prone to clueless politicians and misguided social programs that induce children to run away from home.
Almost as bad a state as Wisconsin.
Prone to clueless politicians and misguided social programs that induce children to run away from home.
Almost as bad a state as Wisconsin.
I got transferred to Minnesota so I quit my job and started drinking.
Everyone I ran into in St. Paul was a box head.
Everyone I ran into in St. Paul was a box head.
by adam_before_eve April 17, 2006
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The original box heads were Swedes, and others such as Albanians or Russians are merely Johnny-come-latelys to the group.
The original box heads were Swedes, and others such as Albanians or Russians are merely Johnny-come-latelys to the group.
Have you ever noticed how Swedes have heads shaped like boxes? That must be why they are called box heads.
D'oh.
I drive a boxy Volvo because I am a box head.
D'oh.
I drive a boxy Volvo because I am a box head.
by adam_before_eve April 17, 2006
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