News of Northern California's largest earthquake since 1989 was the Central Coast's alarm clock as it readied for First City Festival's second day. The natural disaster gave many pause, but did not stop the party. Feeding off of Saturday's amped up finale, energetic acts ruled Sunday. Navigating stages and facilities were a cinch, and cell reception lasted longer than the sunshine for a change.
San Francisco's Cool Ghouls instantly drew focus with their potent lo-fi surf folk. Manzanita stage was generally Lounge Central, but the band's psychedelic harmonies and doo wop horns got people to sit bolt upright on their blankets.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. continued their reign as Detroit's hottest new export (Danny Brown will have to settle for the silver). Regrettably scheduled opposite Future Islands' synthpop One Man Hamlet (aka frontman Sam Herring), Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott gave us everything they had, and we euphorically reciprocated. Jr. Jr. leapt atop monitors and cases before frolicking with the crowd, all while teaching a techno pop masterclass. The Speed of Things isn't even a year old, yet its inexhaustible creators promised that new material is coming soon.
Geographer opening with "Kites," the song we saw them close with two years ago, was a bold move. As the sun set, we got splendid tastes of the SF electronic chamber musicians' next album, along with fan favorites "Lover's Game" and "Kaleidoscope." Whether looped or live, Michael Deni's vocals soar, and the strings hypnotize.
Sunday may have ended on the mellow tip, but said tip happened to be helmed by The National, aka The Dapper, aka The Propulsive, aka The Captivating. Those experiencing Matt Berninger & Co. live for the first time were amazed at how such solemn studio recordings could undergo such rousing transformations. Those already initiated swooned and sang along.
-Classical-meets-ragtime band The John Brothers Piano Company deserve MVP for playing SIX 45-minute sets on the Vaudeville stage throughout the weekend.
-Multi-instrumentalists. Lo-Fang repeatedly swapped guitar for violin mid-song. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and Geographer had more instruments on stage than humans, going from keyboard to saxophone to microphone without missing a beat. While other bands suffered from the "too many cooks" analogy, groups consisting of two to four people displayed adaptability and advanced showmanship.
-The Monterey County Fair. Usually, if there's a stage near amusement park attractions, the music offered is akin to fishing around in a gas station's CD bargain bin. Though facing steep competition from LA's FYF Fest and Burning Man, Goldenvoice has curated a singular experience with First City. Not only do you get to discover emerging acts, you might end up literally bumping into them later (shout out to Cool Ghouls for an epic bumper cars matchup). Where else are we going to be able to see Midi Matilda and The Men while riding a merry go round? Well done!
Miss our Saturday coverage? Check out photos by Leslie Hampton and Sean Morris HERE!


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30, June, 2013
by Matt Zemek
in Tennis Funhouse
A Week That Felt Like Two Decades
This past week at Wimbledon – a week unlike any other in the annals of tennis history – Doots titled her Federer mourning piece, "Why Is The World Still Spinning?"
After six days – most of them remarkable – I'm left to ask, "HOW is the world still spinning?"
The tennis world as we have come to know it over the past decade was blown to smithereens in suburban London. Television networks have made the point plain: This is the worst major tournament for top-10 seeds in both draws – men and women – in the entire Open Era, which dates back to 1968.
Perhaps at the U.S. Open, we'll see three members of the Big Four plus Berdych or Tsonga in the men's semifinals. Perhaps Serena, Azarenka and Sharapova will all reach the women's semifinals. However, this tournament has thrown tennis fans 20 years into the past, to a time when a few top players retained their power… and the rest of each tour felt conspicuously precarious, subject to the randomness of chance and the way each player got out of bed on a particular day.
The 1980s proved to be a glorious decade for tennis. In the women's game, the Evert-Navratilova rivalry held sway for most of the way, with Tracy Austin (early '80s) and Hana Mandlikova (early-to-mid-'80s) proving to be more than formidable foes before Steffi Graf burst onto the scene in the latter half of the decade. The men's game ushered in the 1980s with Borg, McEnroe and Connors, a trio that – in 1982 – became Lendl-McEnroe-Connors. Mats Wilander became a clay-court demon and, in 1988, a player good enough to win three majors in a single calendar year. Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg won hearts with their glorious Wimbledon clashes in the final years of the decade. Super Saturday at the U.S. Open is – today – a concept that is no longer charming or valuable (thankfully, it will die after 2014), but when the 1980s staged the three-match extravaganza, it delighted American tennis fans and a global community of viewers as well.
The 1980s (continuing through 1992) were great for tennis – they gave fans and journalists all the personality, contrasts and rivalries any lover of sport could ever hope for. The past decade of tennis borrowed from the 1980s template on its own terms, taking the same fascinating collection of riches but providing even better tennis while subtracting some of the personal nastiness that pervaded player rivalries.
In marked contrast, the 1990s – more specifically, the 11-year period from 1993 through 2003 – represented a clear departure from what the 1980s and the early 21st century have provided.
There were two brief periods from 1993 through 2003 in which tennis sparkled on both tours. From 1994 through 1996, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario – though not anything close to Monica Seles – did her level best to try to become a foil for Graf, engaging the German superstar in contentious major finals, and not just on the Roland Garros clay where the Spaniard felt at home. The Arantxa-Graf rivalry added much to the story tennis, and at the same time, the Pete Sampras-Andre Agassi clash enjoyed its first period of greatness.
Agassi's self-discovery – which began at the 1994 U.S. Open – led to a drama-soaked 1995 that culminated in a U.S. Open final with Sampras. That match, won by Sampras in four sets, sent Agassi into one of his multiple career tailspins, but the decisiveness of that moment was something men's tennis usually lacked from 1993 through 2003. In those 11 years, there were few stretches of time when two great players with championship identities met on the mountaintop. The Sampras-Agassi period from 1994-'96 (with an older but still formidable version of Boris Becker playing the spoiler at times) was one. The renewal of Sampras-Agassi from 1999-2002 was the other, although the two men didn't meet regularly at the majors the way today's stars have managed to do. Had Agassi not fallen off the map from 1996 through 1998, the period from 1993 through 2003 could have been so much richer. Along different (and much more tragic) lines, the 1990s could have been different for the WTA had Monica Seles not been stabbed on that awful day in 1993.
Yet, for all that Seles wasn't able to achieve (for reasons that had nothing to do with her quality, attitude or approach), women's tennis did find a new golden age just as the 1990s were ending. A mostly flat decade gave way to an inexhaustible supply of riches when Serena Williams announced her presence on tour at the 1999 U.S. Open and big sister Venus took charge at Wimbledon in 2000, one year after Steffi Graf retired. Once the new century (and milennium) arrived, women's tennis took off. Heavyweight confrontations involving each of the Williams Sisters, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin, Jennifer Capriati, Kim Clijsters, and others – with players such as Mary Pierce and Amelie Mauresmo picking off multiple majors – made women's tennis a moveable feast. Fans had so many styles of play to choose from, with no shortage of box-office quality in the second week of a major. The period from 1993 through 2003 had its moments, and the WTA – over that 11-year span – offered the very best of tennis (better than the ATP Tour) from the end of 1999 through 2003.
Yet, to know the 1990s as a tennis fan – specifically, the period that began in 1993 – is to know a part of history in which the sport disappointed as much as it satisfied.
Here's what the 1993-2003 era brought to the sport, in addition to the magnificence of its brief high points fashioned by Graf, Arantxa, Sampras, Agassi, Becker, Rafter, and the WTA boom that took off in the year 2000:
* Jana Novotna's chokes. (I don't like the word "choke," but Novotna was an undeniable master of that dark art.)
* Cedric Pioline and Wally Masur in the 1993 U.S. Open semifinals.
* The diminishment of Roland Garros as a niche tournament where the best male players in the sport didn't/couldn't/wouldn't flourish. (The women held up their end of the bargain, however.)
* Petr Korda as a major winner, later to be discredited.
* Carlos Moya and Tomas Johansson as one-hit major-tournament wonders.
* Irina Spirlea and Manuela Maleeva as major semifinalists.
* Nathalie Tauziat as a major finalist.
* Sjeng Schalken as a major semifinalist.
* Arnaud Clement as a major finalist.
* Thomas Enqvist as a major finalist.
* Rainer Schuttler as a major finalist.
* Conchita Martinez as a one-off Wimbledon champion.
* Iva Majoli winning Roland Garros and then disappearing from sight.
* The 1996 Wimbledon tournament for the men.
* The 1998 Wimbledon tournament for the women.
* Jonas Bjorkman playing Greg Rusedski in a major semifinal.
* David Nalbandian playing Xavier Malisse in a major semifinal… on grass.
* Mark Philippoussis making two major finals and not doing much of anything otherwise.
Forget about Federer-Sampras comparisons. This tour of the past three decades in tennis history – with an emphasis on the 1990s – is not meant to delve into that kind of debate. This essay's point of emphasis is on the fact that the 1990s (more specifically, 1993-2003) offered a lot of major-tournament draws akin to what we're seeing here in 2013.
I don't need to tell you what the two drawsheets look like after three rounds, do I?
Let's just put it this way: We're going to have at least one completely unexpected semifinalist in both the men's and women's events. We could have a completely unexpected women's finalist… and that includes Petra Kvitova, which is such an odd thing to say in light of her 2011 Wimbledon title.
A handful of players on both the WTA and ATP Tours have already secured six-figure paychecks. Some of these players (Andreas Seppi for the men, Marion Bartoli for the women) have banked plenty of money in their careers by making second weeks of majors, but several members of the round of 16 in each draw – players with names of Puig, Flipkens, and Knapp; Mannarino, Kubot, and De Schepper – have transformed their careers and their bank accounts this past week.
In an immediate context, this is fascinating to behold.
Players such as Kvitova, Bartoli, Benoit Paire, Ernests Gulbis, and Jerzy Janowicz have been presented with golden-ticket, sent-from-the-gods opportunities to radically remake their careers. When the usual cast of heavyweights is waiting in the fourth round and quarterfinals, there's not as much drama surrounding the first-week successes of second- or third-tier players. With these draws blown wide open in certain sections, however, the dynamic has become something altogether different. Matches like Kvitova-Cetkovska or Gulbis-Verdasco that would not register as a big deal in most major tournaments have been imbued with fresh levels of meaning and urgency at this tournament. Wimbledon 2013 has therefore given the global community of tennis fans a new look into the minds and hearts of the sport's major-tournament underclass. Such a scenario has added to the average tennis fan's knowledge base, and that's a good thing.
What's not a good thing? The second week of Wimbledon that we're about to witness.
Novak Djokovic-Tommy Haas is a legitimate heavyweight matchup. Monica Puig-Sloane Stephens will be fascinating. Many fans will appreciate (and rightly so) how much it will mean for a journeyman or a fresh-faced youngster to make a first-ever Wimbledon semifinal. These stories will mean a lot for the individuals who forge such feats against a backdrop of opportunity. Yet, let's not kid ourselves: The showdowns that make the second weeks of majors such a tennis treat will not come to pass.
First weeks of majors are meant to give the little guy or gal a much-deserved day in the sun, but the second weeks of majors are supposed to showcase the elites. For all the good things a mid-1990s kind of Wimbledon has given us this one time, the lack of box-office appeal in week two will certainly represent a drag on the tournament… and bring us back to Todd Martin and MaliVai Washington in 1996… or Jana Novotna and Nathalie Tauziat in 1998.
Those kinds of tournaments are fascinating to behold once every five years or so, but they're not enjoyable when they unfold on a regular basis.
And so, we are brought back to this first week of Wimbledon, to a week when Roger Federer's streak of 36 consecutive major-tournament quarterfinals – one of the seminal feats in the history of sports, akin to Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in the 1941 Major League Baseball season – finally came to an end.
So many waves of shock and disappointment have flowed from this loss. ATP players have felt at liberty to comment about Federer when the better part of discretion suggests that they shouldn't have done so. The glaringly aberrational nature of Federer's loss – and of the twin absences of Federer and Rafael Nadal from the second week of the same major tournament – has generated such a tsunami of emotions throughout the global tennis community that it seems the tennis world as we have known it is over.
Has the tennis world come to an end? No — not really. It only feels like it.
Yet, there's something instructive and revealing about a week that feels like the end of the world… and has reset the tennis calendar to a place that feels a lot like 1993.
Steve Spurrier, a college football coach in the United States whom non-American readers likely know nothing about, was once the coach of an elite team at the University of Florida in the 1990s. On one of the few times his Florida team lost, Spurrier said something (I'm paraphrasing here…) that every elite athlete must remember in some way throughout his or her career:
People don't talk about losers or mediocre players when they lose. Losers never threaten anybody or create feelings of insecurity. Only great players and great teams generate deep and widespread emotions. If you haven't won at a high level, you haven't made other people uncomfortable. If you haven't won, you haven't gotten under someone else's skin. If people are laughing at you when you lose, it's only because you've achieved greatness over an extended period of time. If people go out of their way to giggle at you when you get beaten on the playing field, it's only because you have had the last laugh so many times before.
That set of thoughts offers us Federer fans and our brothers and sisters – the community of Rafael Nadal fans – a window into the aftermath of this first week of Wimbledon in 2013. There is much comfort to be found not just AMIDST the hysteria following this week of upsets and shocks and disbelief, but WITHIN that hysteria.
After all, if it didn't FEEL as though the tennis world was really ending (and shifting back to 1993), the careers of Federer and Nadal wouldn't really be as special and momentous as they have been.
This is the true, no?
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Two "r"'s in that name folks..makes me just want to roll it off my tongue, with a "rrrrrrr" sound effect.
Latest word is, Alison Carroll, the latest human incarnation of everyones favorite Tomb Raider, Lara Croft is still single! Oh wait, that does me no good, I'm still overly geeky and not single, c'est la vie.
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No one says that Alison is "only" Lara Croft, far from it. (Yes, that is a jab at the editors of AskMen for their snotty little low rating, total objectification of this lovely and well-rounded professional, and dismissal with a paltry numeric "rating") A gymnast from the age of seven, she's spending six days a week in the gym, when she can. I need that dedication.
Life Is An Art, directed by Jayant Harnam will show us more of Alison, since it's now officially in post-production, where she is in the role of Clare Jones. Now out, as of 6 Jun, is Doghouse, zombies AND Alison Carroll. Oh yeah, there are some other guys in it. Whovians can never get enough of everyones new-favorite tin dog, "It's always about Him, isn't it?" Mickey Smith, aka Noel Clarke. Actually Noel, this time, it's all about her, Alison Carroll. Poor guy, he just can't win.
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Dumber than a box of rocks this one is. And not all people on her side of the racial divide support her.
I have friends at all income levels who are black, white, asian and even Samoan who live in the city. Absolutely none of them support this idiot. Then again I only hang out with people that can read and write. I don't know about the rest of them.
I have no idea how she was re-elected. All I can say is I didn't vote for her and I'm proud of it.
Wow…who ever wrote this was right on the money, a very balanced observation…As a white person, I still feel guilty is guilty and when I want a politician is caught stealing they should be punished by law…I want it regardless of color…Most white people want corruption taken down equally, I don't understand why the blacks think its a personal attack on them every single time? It has nothing to do with color and everything to do with the actions of the accused..and when you take that oath as a juror..all your personal opinions and beliefs should be thrown out the window and solely focused on the evidence.
The difference between Clinton and Dixon is Dixon actually did something illegal. Sure maybe some people are morally against a politician getting sexual favors like Clinton, but it's not illegal. He may have lied about it, but it's really none of our business anyway.
Clinton lied under oath during a deposition pertaining to a civil suit brought by Paula Jones, which is the offense that ended up getting him impeached and disbarred. The country's chief executive lied under oath to deprive a fellow citizen of justice in court. If that isn't the nation's business, I don't know what is.


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'Harry Potter' Star Scarlett Byrne poses nude for Playboy Magazine
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This "Harry Potter" actress cast an Evanesco spell on her clothes!
Scarlett Byrne, best known for her roles as Pansy Parkinson in the Harry Potter series "The Half-Blood Prince" and "Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2," reportedly posed nude for Playboy's March/April 2017 issue.
Byrne, 26, recently posted a sophisticated black and white photo this week, with a caption that she's "very proud" to be featured in the infamous men's magazine.
"The Vampire Diaries" actress thanked Cooper Hefner, the publication's chief creative officer who happens to be engaged to Byrne.
She also included the hashtag #NakedIsNormal, which refers to Playboys' return in the bare department after it temporarily scrapped its decades-long tradition of featuring nude women.
I'm very proud to be a part of the March/April issue of Playboy. I penned a short essay along with my pictorial titled, "The Feminist Mystique". A big thank you to @Playboy, the creative team, and @cooperbhefner for such a unique opportunity. #NakedIsNormal
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Byrne began her acting career in 2005 in the short film CryBaby, before portraying Chloe Daniels in an episode of the British TV drama Doctors, though she had previously auditioned for the role of Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
In 2009 Byrne got the role of Pansy Parkinson in the sixth film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, before reprising her role in the final two films of the series.
Following the end of the Harry Potter series, she played Brittany in Lake Placid: The Final Chapter, as well as appearing in several short videos written by fellow Harry Potter actor Jessie Cave for her website Pindippy.
In 2015 she joined The Vampire Diaries as witch-vampire hybrid, heretic, Nora Hildegard. Byrne was a major recurring character in the seventh season of the series and appeared in twelve episodes of the season.
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Phnom Penh Post - Police Blotter: 26 Oct 2010
Police Blotter: 26 Oct 2010
Sen David | Publication date 26 October 2010 | 08:00 ICT
Sen David
Swords at 10 paces for nine lovestruck students
Nine students were detained after an argument "over love" devolved into a swordfight in Phnom Penh's Daun Penh district on Sunday. Police said the students, all boys, were from three separate high schools, but that they were close friends. However, on the day in question, an argument erupted over girls, prompting the boys to unsheath the swords they happened to be carrying. When police arrived at the scene, the students stopped fighting among themselves and began kicking the police car. All nine were detained, and their parents were called in.
RASMEY KAMPUCHEA
Man stabbed on way home from dance party
A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death after dancing at a party in Kampong Cham province on Sunday. Police said the victim was killed on his way home from a night of frivolities. The victim's wife said they were walking along the road when a man came up and stabbed her husband with a knife before fleeing. Police believe the suspect is from the same village, but the wife said she could not make out his face. RASMEY KAMPUCHEA
Homeless woman may die after police neglect
A homeless mentally ill woman who was hit by a car in Kampong Speu province could perish because authorities are refusing to help her. A witness to the crash on Sunday said no one knew who the woman was, but that she always slept in front of houses and markets. The driver of the car immediately fled the scene. The witness said she had called police, but had received no response from officers. Now she fears the woman will die if no one helps her.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY
Hammer attack results in serious injuries
A 51-year-old woman was hit with a hammer and robbed while walking home in Kampot province's Kampong Trach district on Sunday. Police said the victim was in serious condition, and they concluded that she was assaulted with a hammer after finding the tool covered in her blood at the crime scene. Her family said her necklace, phone and some money was missing. They have called on police to catch the suspect.
Officers on hunt after wine session gets nasty
Police are on the hunt for a man accused of beating his friend to death with a hammer during a drinking session in Siem Reap town on Sunday. Police said the two old friends were drinking wine at the suspect's house when they began to argue. The suspect then allegedly grabbed a hammer and proceeded to hit his friend four times. The victim was sent to hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival, while the suspect escaped. Police say they know the identity of the accused and "hope to catch him". RASMEY KAMPUCHEA
Contact author: Sen David


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Andy Murray carried the weight of British expectation for more than a decade, without ever really capturing the people's hearts. But he didn't seem to care – and that makes him prime cult material.
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Christchurch's Anthony Wilding—who was killed in France in 1915—was arguably the first true superstar of tennis.
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Derogatory word or term for a peasant/lower class [closed]
What is a derogatory word or term for a peasant/lower-class person that is stronger or more insulting than pleb? It could be an archaic term used by nobles during the Middle Ages.
single-word-requests pejorative-language archaic
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This looks suspiciously like "writing advice for historical fiction" to me. I doubt nobles during the middle ages would have used oik, but that's what I'd use today ("lower class" is something of an outdated concept for most in the UK now). – FumbleFingers Aug 30 '14 at 15:29
Would commoners be in the vein of which you seek? – SrJoven Aug 30 '14 at 21:40
Do people actually say pleb and oik? I've only heard pleb in a video game (as a non-derogatory term for Roman laborers), and I've never heard oik. – Joe Aug 31 '14 at 4:33
@FumbleFingers disagree with first comment. You could say any other question on word choice is suspiciously like writing advice for modern fiction. Middle English is of course part of studying English language & usage. – user36720 Aug 31 '14 at 12:55
@Joe A British MP used the word 'pleb' in reference to a security guard only a few months ago - turned into a mess. It's called the Pleb Gate Scandal. FumbleFingers: As for why I asked...I'm actually trying my hand at writing sword and sorcery. – Shehreyar Khan Aug 31 '14 at 20:06
The first thing to grasp is that the nobility were generally not insulting of peasants. Many of them may have had little regard for them, treated them patronisingly (by today's standards), and certainly didn't want their daughters to marry one. But they had no need to be demeaning. Snobbery (as we know it today) is something that arrives with the emergence of the bourgeoisie from the mid-eighteenth century.
The English word peasant corresponds with the French paysan (fem -paysanne), which simply means 'country person'. In France country people are far more inclined to use the term to describe themselves. In modern English however the word 'peasant' is an insult enough in itself and in Britain can be applied to any person that the speaker doesn't like.
Plebeians were not peasants. In ancient Rome, they were an elevated order of 'free citizens' but lower than patricians. But using the term peasant or pleb to describe anyone in Britain today (I can't speak for America) is a considerable insult; as the British Cabinet Minister Andrew Mitchell discovered (though he claims he never said it).
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+1 for pointing out that peasant and pleb is considered very insulting today. However the nobility were often unmoved by the plight of peasants who were renting their lands. There must have been a common, disparaging term, it's in our nature to turn down our noses at the riff-raff! :P – Mari-Lou A Aug 30 '14 at 18:54
@It was a different type of society, in which everyone knew their place. Class warfare doesn't get cranked up until capitalist landowners start taking over from the landed gentry, reaching its quintessence in the late 18th century with the French Revolution. In Britain the aristocracy and the new class of money-men go in fear of the mob. A new politics of interests emerges. To the ones who have riches and power there is every reason to despise the Chartists and Luddites. They are seen as the lowest form of life. I am not suggesting for one moment that pre-industrial Europe was an Utopia! – WS2 Aug 30 '14 at 19:14
@Mari-LouA I'm not sure I understand you. What did you mean by 'it transpires'? Are you suggesting I incorporate the things in my comment in my answer? I could write you a 2,500 word essay on the subject if you wanted! – WS2 Aug 30 '14 at 19:29
I meant that it's clear you know what you're talking about! I'll pass on the essay if you don't mind. Perhaps another time. – Mari-Lou A Aug 30 '14 at 19:32
@Mari-LouA -- don't we normally turn up our noses at riff-raff ?? – bubba Aug 31 '14 at 7:36
Probably the expression Hoi polloi :
(Ancient Greek: οἱ πολλοί, hoi polloi, "the many"), is an expression from Greek that means the many or, in the strictest sense, the majority.
In English, it means the working class, commoners, the masses or common people in a derogatory sense.
Synonyms for hoi polloi, which also express the same or similar contempt for such people, include "the great unwashed", "the plebeians" or "plebs", "the rabble", "the dregs of society", riffraff", "the herd", "the proles" (proletariat) and "peons".
Ngram: ( Usage) the hoi polloi vs hoi polloi.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
Note that there is some disagreement about whether one can say "the hoi polloi," but it really is quite acceptable. – James McLeod Aug 30 '14 at 15:23
The first instance that the OED quotes of the term hoi polloi in English is from 1662. This corresponds with the comment in my answer, which was that snobbery (as we know it today) did not begin to arrive until the beginnings of an urban middle class started to develop. – WS2 Aug 30 '14 at 15:32
Khan is asking for something "stronger or more insulting" though. While hoi polloi is a term for the commoners, it isn't really insulting. Because it's a Latin phrase, it's more sophisticated and not offensive. – Coupon22 Aug 30 '14 at 16:13
Hoi polloi used today is so insulting and ridiculous that no one uses it. For example talking about not wanting your child to go to a school where they had to mix with the hoi polloi would be the absolute end point in snobbery. – WS2 Aug 30 '14 at 16:44
@WS2: That would be amazingly snobbish and ridiculous, yes, but insulting? – ruakh Aug 31 '14 at 3:08
Riff raff is good for referring to the lower class or menial type of workers, with heavy condemnation. Not perhaps suited for the Middle Ages, though.
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Perhaps a serf, a subject of a feudal lord, who worked the land in exchange for the lord's protection. Related is a thrall, a synonym for a slave, captive or servant.
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Mechanical and mechanic (literally, someone who works with their hands) were both used with derogatory implication (unlike plebian, serf, etc. which would be an insult only if applied to someone who was not of that class) relatively early. In Shakespeare's use in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" it's somewhere between a plain description of the people's class and an insult, (more snobbishly dismissive than insulting):
While she was in her dull, and sleeping hower,
A crew of patches, rude Mechanicals,
That worke for bread, vpon Athenian stalles,
Were met together to rehearse a play,
Intended for great Theseus nuptiall day:
But his use in "Antony & Cleopatra" is more directly contemptuous:
This is a Soldiers kisse: rebukeable,
And worthy shamefull checke it were, to stand
On more Mechanicke Complement, Ile leaue thee
And by the end of the 1600s it was more clearly an insult, to the extent that it hence died out in its non-insulting use (mechanicals would object to being called mechanicals) and then died out as an insult by consequence of people not knowing the original meaning. The final nail in the sense's coffin was the increase in the number of mechanics in the modern sense (though it does go back almost as far) with the Industrial Revolution.
It also has the advantage in terms of the question of being very much archaic today. It's not quite medieval, but that's impossible in Modern English, since English-speaking people then spoke Middle English, and if peyne þu to han an hauteyn speche, then nobody will understand it at all.
I can't find a linkable definition that doesn't require a login, but the OED has for mechanic this definition:
Belonging to or characteristic of the lower part of the social scale or the lower classes; vulgar, coarse. Now arch. and rare.
And for mechanic this definition:
Belonging to or characteristic of people engaged in manual work, esp. regarded as a class, artisanal; vulgar, coarse. Now rare.
There are a few others covering those who perform manual work, but without the derogatory nuance, since that came later.
Sadly, I can't remember where I had previously found versions of Johnson's and Webster's dictionaries. I can't remember if they define them so, but I do recall that Johnson using the word when he slighted the form smoothen as "A bad word among mechanicks for ſmooth", and Webster seemed to be copying that in saying it is "for smooth, is used by mechanics; though not, I believe, in the U. States." because I came across those when writing this answer.
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Could you provide a link which supports the (archaic) derogatory meaning of mechanical and/or mechanic? – Mari-Lou A Aug 30 '14 at 18:59
@Mari-LouA those I used require a log-in, so I quoted them too. – Jon Hanna Aug 30 '14 at 19:16
Today the word menial carries the same meaning and negative connotations. – Ben Voigt Aug 30 '14 at 21:47
@BenVoigt and indeed about as far back as mechanical did. – Jon Hanna Aug 30 '14 at 22:01
Possibly bumpkin
An unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside: she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin [Oxford Dictionaries Online]
Etymonline dates it back to the 16th century
"awkward country fellow," 1560s, probably from Middle Dutch bommekijn "little barrel," diminutive of boom "tree" (see beam (n.)). Apparently, though itself Dutch, it began as a derogatory reference to Dutch people as short and dumpy.
Also consider prole
a person who has low social status : a member of the working class [Merriam-Webster]
The term is a shortened version of proletarian, a member of the proletariat.
All of these terms have a negative or derogatory tone.
bibbib
Outside of Orwell's 1984 I have never seen the term prole used! And even there I'm not sure it was used as an insult, was it? But proletariat (French etymology) is an important word in the language, particularly because of its employment by Marx. And whether anyone likes it or not Marx's theory of history has been enormously influential. (And of much greater value than his economic theories, in my opinion) – WS2 Aug 30 '14 at 20:20
Villein in medieval England was not a derogatory term then but has since become villain with all its meanings of dishonesty and criminality.
early 14c., vileyn, spelling variant of villain in its reference to a feudal class of half-free peasants. It tends to keep the literal, historical sense of the word and let the pejorative meanings go with villain; Century Dictionary writes that "the forms villain, villein, etc., are historically one, and the attempt to differentiate them in meaning is idle," but Fowler finds this "a useful piece of differentiation." Related: Villeinage.
Yokel is a word commonly used, at least in the UK, to refer to anyone from the country, not sophisticated like city folk and considered a bit dim.
1812, perhaps from dialectal German Jokel, disparaging name for a farmer, originally diminutive of Jakob. Or perhaps from English yokel, dialectal name for "woodpecker."
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"Peon" might be also worth a try.
Seems like there are two ideas mixed up here. "Peasant" (to me) means a rural person of low prestige and low income, though I've heard it used to refer to urban folks, too.
On the other hand "low class" could mean low income, low intelligence, low education, low morals, low standards of aesthetics, or many other kinds of "low". Peasants are low in a couple of these categories, but not all of them.
Picking the right word is difficult -- it depends which characteristic you want to use as the basis of your insult.
If you just want a general non-specific class-based put-down, then "scum" or "untouchable" might suit you. Neither is medieval, though, as far as I know.
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The Alcohol.Think Again Western Warriors have gone down to to the Queensland Bulls by 211 runs in their JLT Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba today.
Queensland locked up a top-two finish with a match to spare on Friday as Western Australia became the latest side to crash to a heavy defeat at the Gabba.
The Bulls bowled out WA for just 93 to wrap up a crushing 211-run defeat in a match where at least four sessions were lost to rain.
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Opener Renshaw led the way for Queensland on day four with a confident 143 not out from 196 balls, including 15 fours.
Renshaw and Charlie Hemphrey, who added 68 not out to his unbeaten century from the first innings, put on an unbroken 175 for the third wicket, allowing the home side to declare at 2-252.
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4 ways to respond to vaccine skeptics on social media
by The Conversation — in Syndication
Credit: Icons8 (Edited)
For most of the 20th century, more than 60,000 people died in the US from polio, diphtheria, and small pox each year. In 2016, the American death toll from these diseases was zero. Around the globe, two to three million deaths from these diseases and others, including measles, rubella, and tetanus, are prevented each year.
These remarkable statistics are a triumph of medicine and the single most effective public health measure in history: global vaccination programs.
COVID-19, after the most rapid and sustained vaccine development program in history, now looks set to be joining this list of fatal diseases that can be easily prevented with a jab or two. The disease that has killed an estimated 1.3 million people (and rising), may have had its day. Sadly, there's a lot of misinformation surrounding vaccinations, threatening the success of inoculation programmes.
So what can you do to protect yourself against misinformation and challenge it in conversation with others?
1. Understand who you are talking to
Let's not forget that the majority of people are happy to receive a COVID-19 vaccine (64%, according to a recent study). Only a small minority (9%) have no intention of getting vaccinated. If you enter into a debate about vaccination it may well be with someone who falls into this latter group. You are very unlikely to change the minds of these vaccine refusers, so the main audience for your arguments is actually the rest of any onlooking group – and particularly the 27% who are hesitant about vaccination.
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The point of your discussion is to empower the members of the audience with knowledge and arguments. To do so, it's important to find common ground and "bond" with whoever you are talking to, rather than just lecturing them.
2. Inoculate against misinformation
There are numerous examples of misinformation "sticking" in our individual and social memories, despite repeated attempts to dislodge it – such as the false "fact" that humans have just five senses. Rather than fighting false facts, the better option is to enable people to spot misinformation before it percolates through society and becomes "endemic" as accepted truth.
The Debunking Handbook 2020 advocates triggering a mental "immune response" to fake news. To do so we need pre-emptive exposure to weakened versions of the manipulative strategies used by peddlers of false facts. In so doing we can inoculate against, or "prebunk," the misinformation.
For example, once you realize that some social media users, publications and other bodies can have hidden agendas and may therefore misrepresent studies and cherry-pick information, you are better placed to assess the facts for yourself. Indeed, the tobacco and oil industries rolled out "fake experts" to create doubt that smoking causes cancers and CO₂ emissions affect our climate, respectively.
In my opinion, the excellent BBC Radio 4 program "More or Less" is a particularly good mental vaccine against misinformation.
3. Debunk efficiently
In the midst of a debate it is probably too late to deploy any prebunking tactics. But be careful about launching into a myth-busting monologue. Simply repeating untruths risks making them stick in our memories, so instead focus your talking points on the positive outcomes of vaccinations (like the facts at the top of this article). Don't be the first person to mention the myth.
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But if in the course of the conversation some misinformation does get a mention you will need to call it out. Let's imagine you are in the midst of a debate about COVID-19 and someone makes the claim that the 5G network is the real cause of the disease. The key to getting this debunking right is limiting how often the lie gets a mention and making the truth more sticky than the myth. Here's how to go about it.
a) Start by stating the truth in a clear, concise way. Don't launch into a long explanation, instead imagine you are writing a headline.
COVID-19 is spread in droplets generated when people exhale, particularly when they cough, sneeze, or shout.
b) Point out the misinformation, and be clear that it is a myth.
The mobile network is basically a series of radio transmitters, and viruses can't travel by radio waves.
c) Explain why the myth is wrong. You might point out some science that refutes the myth, and call out the flaws in the argument.
Besides, the COVID-19 virus has spread throughout countries, like Iran for example, that have no 5G network.
d) Restate the facts.
4. Think beyond facts
That said, facts alone will only go so far. The words we use are also important, they conjure up imagery that affect our response to the information we are being presented with. Consider "herds" and "communities". Which of these would you like to be part of? Most people would say "communities." So if you're encouraging someone to get vaccinated, you may want to talk about their contribution to community immunity, rather than herd immunity.
Another important technique is storytelling, which can be much more effective than facts. Stories link cause and effect, making the conclusions that you want to present seem almost inevitable. For example, you may want to tell anti-vaxxers about a relative whose life was saved by a vaccine at a time when it wasn't available to everyone.
Or you may, like the UK's deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van Tam, want to stress that you have encouraged your own mother to take the vaccine, rather than just saying the elderly should take it.
This article is republished from The Conversation by Mark Lorch, Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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The Bay Area is very hilly, and I needed a power-assisted device that worked on this type of terrain. However, I have never liked powered wheelchairs because I feel like they make me appear more disabled. That's why I decided to search for other options that would allow me to move independently. Model M's compactness sets it apart from other products and it's also the most ideal product for me. Now-instead of people seeing just a big, motorized device-they see me.
I was immediately impressed with the level of excellence in Model M's design and features. The 4WD allows me to go on any terrain, something I can't do in my manual wheelchair. I consider myself an active person and regularly play sports such as wheelchair rugby and handcycling. I love these sports, but Model M allows me to take my activities to another level. In a manual wheelchair, I would have difficulty visiting places like Yosemite, but this was not the case when I brought Model M to this national park. I took a weekend trip with a group of friends and was able to go on the trails that weren't wheelchair accessible. It was amazing. My friends didn't need to limit themselves and I could go up steep hills without needing to be pushed.
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Damn that's some of the coolest drone footage I've ever seen! The ride looks incredible—seems to haul all the way to the end!
It takes a lot of skill to pilot a drone the way it's shown at the end of that video. Pretty freaking great.
I hate trying to judge a coaster by a video but I love the way this thing looks. Seems like it has a really good mix of the quick transitions and funky inversion that are staples on most RMC's, but also some more elongated straight runs than some of the rides they've produced in the past. I bet that straight drop into the double up is amazing.
This is now my pick for the best looking RMC aesthetically. My November trip can't come soon enough!
Maveshark Team Leader and awesome dude!
That video reminds me of the fly cam on No limits but without clipping the supports.
Oh my Jeebus, this looks fantastic. As if I didn't want to go to Japan enough.
Great layout, I really like it, and considering the opinions I've heard on White Cyclone were near universally crap, RMC has done it again!
Yay, some NICE footage of this coaster! It looks fantastic. Definitely one of the best, if not the best-looking (aesthetically) RMC in my opinion. I love the blue and white. I also like the sequence of elements and think everything flows very well.
The ride looks incredible and that is some awesome footage! I really dig the white wood and blue rails as well. In fact if Twisted Colossus at Magic Mountain didn't have the 2 color track tone (which I actually like a lot) it would probably be as good looking as this. But I get MM's reason for the two colors.
I only wish the ride had more than 1 big drop. It has the initial one, then every drop from that point forward is just kind of double down bunny hops and inversions dispersed in the straight sections until the brake run. Something just feels lacking.
Someone also commented that it hauls until the end, and I sorta disagree. It kinda looks to lose momentum after the bunny hop at 1:10, then it kinda meanders the rest of the course. And again, I feel like this is because of the momentum lost with all the smaller drops, instead of having bigger drops that would sustain the trains speed.
But compared to what this ride was before the face-lift, bar none it gives you an indication why these RMC I-Beam Topper tracks have become incredibly popular, giving new life to a coaster which 10-15 years ago would have just been torn down.
Wowza, this coaster is GORGEOUS!!! I can't wait to see some reviews come in. Regardless, this seems like exactly the kind of coaster Nagashima Spa Land needed. Hoping to get there one day to ride this, Steel Dragon, and ULTRA TWISTER!