Saturday, January 12, 2008
Pasquinade
A pasquinade is a scurrilous piece of written satire posted in a public place - presumably to cause the most embarrassment possible. Unsurprisingly, none of the invented meanings were close to that. However, they were all delightful and each had a certain ring of truth. Well done to Lorenzothellama who wowed the most voters on the poll. Great work, Lorenzo.
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I think it's a dance held at Easter.
"Eliza looked forward to the Pasquinade and hoped that Freddie would ask her to dance".
A pasquinade is a parade celebrating an obscure invention, such as Post-It notes.
A pasquinade (n.) is someone who always dresses up as the Easter Bunny for fancy dress parties.
Pasquinade is a new kind of alcho-pop. It's a sparkling passion fruit beverage favoured by teenage girls and responsible for embarrassing drunken mayhem at fourteen year old birthday parties.
A pasquinade is a dance similar to the minuet that was popular in the time of Henry VIII. Some said that if a lady should dance this with the jester, she would be the next wife of the King. Some said that if the Queen should dance this with the jester, she would be the next one to lose her head.
Lorenzo.
The pasquinade was a frequent summer evening occupation in cities and spa towns of the unattached gentry during Georgian times. Eligible single gentlemen and ladies would stroll up and down pleasant tree lined avenues giving one another the glad eye. It was considered acceptable etiquette for handsome young men to introduce themselves to elegant young ladies even though they had not been formally introduced.
Mr Darcy assures me this is true.
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Hangers-on at a medieval pas d'armes. The guys went to fight; the women went to see who won, or which cute guys lost or got hurt and could be cooed over. The entire group of people not directly involved were the "pasquinade."
A pasquinade is a celebration of the harvest, occurring in some parts of New England. It is named after the pasquins, a type of quail, that are served during the celebration.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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