"Novelties!" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 17 Jul 2009 5:02 p.m. PST |
I sometimes read, in magazines with authors from non-English-speaking countries but editors who should know better, that such-and-such company is coming out with its latest "novelties." However, the definition of "novelty" that I most remember is this one (several versions): a small cheap toy or trinket cheap, showy gewgaw, trinket, bangle, bauble |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 17 Jul 2009 5:38 p.m. PST |
In Retail novelties just refers to something new.
ymmv,
R. |
| StarfuryXL5 | 17 Jul 2009 6:04 p.m. PST |
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| aecurtis | 17 Jul 2009 6:46 p.m. PST |
And "adult novelties" has a slightly different shade of meaning. Allen |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 17 Jul 2009 7:41 p.m. PST |
What do you buy at a novelty store? |
 Gungnir  | 17 Jul 2009 11:59 p.m. PST |
Bill, only stuff you realize you didn't need or even want as soon as you come home. |
| Daffy Doug | 18 Jul 2009 11:35 a.m. PST |
gimcracks and frivolops and widgets: the mainstay of the no-longer-industrialized American economy….. |
| aecurtis | 18 Jul 2009 7:39 p.m. PST |
"a small cheap toy or trinket… cheap, showy… gewgaw, trinket, bangle, bauble" Which used to be pretty well guaranteed to be marked "Made in Japan" (for those of a certain age). "gimcracks and frivolops and widgets: the mainstay of the no-longer-industrialized American economy…" Unfortunately, that's probably true: the center has shifted. And the Germans make the best adult novelties. Superior engineering… |
| StarfuryXL5 | 19 Jul 2009 10:11 p.m. PST |
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