Sunday, October 4, 2015

Useless word of the day (3)



Suivez-moi-jeune-homme





/sɥive mwa ʒœn ɔm/
 Swee-vay mo-ah juh-n om
'follow-me-young-lad', is a ribbon or a piece of laces, that dangles from the back of a woman's dress or hat, as if to lure the men into following her. XIXth century.

'All the gazes followed Nana down the street, the red suivez-moi-jeune-homme proudly dangling from her dress.'


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