April 19th, 2017
The letter is O for Ostentatious
A few quips, quotes and examples
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Ostentatious simplicity is sophisticated hypocrisy
I don't know who said this, but I think it is quite true
If you must tattoo be elaborate !!!!!
How not to be ostentatious in literature
Advice from T.S. Eliot
My dear, how vulgar!
and slightly ridiculous!!!
Which probably brings one to this conclusion.....
More Os here at ABC Wednesday
with thanks to all the unpretentious people
who maintain this great meme.
8 comments:
Intriguing word and post... even lesser nice words can ben used very well in our meme
Have a nice ABC-day / -week
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HA! I love that pink...hat?
ROG, ABCW
Such great examples of the word ostentatious.
Oh my...that hat!!!
I can hear my Victorian grandmother sneering that word when describing a certain neighbor 'lady' whom I remember with dislike. So to me 'ostentatious' is very close to a curse word. (The pictures you show are kind of funny (that hat!) but the woman I remember wore a big fur coat with a collar made of animals (minks?) hanging head down ... I was afraid of them and of her. There are other equally vulgar family stories about that woman....
I really do hope I've found the golden medium between my prim and proper grandmother and that ostentatious woman -- neither one was an ideal role model really!
When I read this word ostentatious, I always think of Hyacinth Bucket or mrs. Bouquet, the Lady of the House, in " Keeping up appearances".
Good word Hildred.
Loved this Hildred, so well thought-out.
Very creative choice and photos for O ~ fun too ~ thanks,
Wishing you a peaceful week ~ ^_^
Great post! Even with the example, I still don't get ostentatious simplicity. Could that be a photo or painting that's blank?
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