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Old 30-Apr-2004, 10:17
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I found this phrase, "Beard of Bare", beside a picture of one top-naked man, in a women magazine, and it seems strange for me. Shouldn't it be "Bare of Beard" Is it a style of writing article?
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I found this phrase, "Beard of Bare", beside a picture of one top-naked man, in a women magazine, and it seems strange for me. Shouldn't it be "Bare of Beard" Is it a style of writing article?
I really don't know what it was supposed to mean. The word "beard" has a meaning of "one who is used to divert attention from someone else." It might be something like that.
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If he was a particularly handsome man, it could be a cheap pun on 'bard', which is associated with Shakespeare, hence used to denote the best.
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If he was a particularly handsome man, it could be a cheap pun on 'bard', which is associated with Shakespeare, hence used to denote the best.
I recently saw a play in New York called "The Beard of Avon". The idea was that Will Shakespeare was a country bumpkin who signed the plays for the real author.
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Good name. Here, 'beard' is used for the marital partner of a gay person who doesn't want their sexuality to be known.
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Good name. Here, 'beard' is used for the marital partner of a gay person who doesn't want their sexuality to be known.
That seems to be a strange use if the "beard" is a female. :wink:
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