Macaroni

[Johnyxxx]

Hello,


In reading an older book, I came across a word a macaroni meaning a fop or a dandy. It would sound a little bit dated if used in nowadays, wouldn´t it?


Thanks a lot.

 

[bhaisahab]

It would be incomprehensible to most people.

 

[Skrej]

Fashion trends have changed much in 250 some odd years, so it's not exactly in vogue.

In fact, despite it being referenced in the well-known song "Yankee Doodle", most Americans regard it as just silly non-sense lyrics, and don't realize it's a fashion term. Particularly since the song has come to be regarded more as a nursery rhyme than a patriotic hymn.

Perhaps in Connecticut, where it's the state anthem, you might find a little awareness, but I'm willing to bet you'd be hard pressed to find anybody aware it's not just a pasta.

 

[Johnyxxx]

Before I read the story, I had had no idea the word macaroni could mean something else than a kind of pasta. I had to look it up.


P.S. I remember my first introduction to Yankee Doodle was through E.A.Poe´s short story The System Of Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether. Mad patients played and sung it during a maniac paroxysm at the end of the tale.