Walter Shapiro

@MrWalterShapiro ↗

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@lowellmickwhite You have given me my project for today — checking to see if it originated with Mencken. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 25, 2021

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Every newspaper columnist in the 1930s during the Gypsy Rose Lee Era and the last gasps of burlesque used this word on a regular basis to put a high-toned gloss on stripping. — PolitiTweet.org

I learned a new word: " ecdysiast" https://t.co/p7iX4Fl54r

Posted Feb. 25, 2021

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I discovered, based on the first dictionary that I consulted, that the word was formed from the verb "ecdysis" which is the scientific term for an insect shedding its skin. Aren't you glad you know that? — PolitiTweet.org

Every newspaper columnist in the 1930s during the Gypsy Rose Lee Era and the last gasps of burlesque used this word… https://t.co/cSxnjxHVBk

Posted Feb. 25, 2021