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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #23360 - 03/20/01 04:12 PM Re: mug shots of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park I almost missed this-- I hope someone come up with something diffinitive! Never thought about "Mug shots" -- _________________________ my other obsession Top #23361 - 03/20/01 04:21 PM Re: mug shots tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9550 Loc: this too shall pass >ask a cop I don't have one to hand, but I think they refer to them as "booking photographs" (when they don't call them mug shots). the motor vehicle people don't much like their photos being called mug shots and probably prefer "head shots". _________________________ joe friday Top #23362 - 03/21/01 06:52 AM Re: mug shots maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4683 probably prefer "head shots" Maybe we should call them jayefcase Top #23363 - 03/21/01 10:48 AM Re: mug shots wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Then there was special mug called a thundermug. William Randolph Hearst got rusticated for sending a prof one with prof's name englazed on inside bottom. Top #23364 - 06/24/01 11:17 AM Re: mug shots inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2373 Loc: New York City <<A quick Google confirmed my understanding that "head shot" is often used by, for example, actors and models to describe the glossy, well-produced "mug shots" they use to sell their wares.>> These are often partial profiles. <<Dear Seian: In computerese,"portrait" means longest side vertical, as contrasted with "landscape" meaning longest side horizontal.>> Due to the different aspect ratios of the canvases ordinarilly used for paintings of these kinds, presumably. Top #23365 - 05/03/04 08:17 PM Re: mug shots thosbryan stranger Registered: 05/03/04 Posts: 1 I found this paragraph in a discussion of paintings by Vermeer. Sounds like the Dutch word tronie and the French word trogne have been derived from a similar source. The Tronie "The now defunct term (tronie) refers to heads, "faces," or "expressions" (compare the French trogne, or "mug") and to a type of picture familiar from many examples by Rembrandt and his followers. The majority of Dutch tronies appear to have been based upon living models, including the artists in question or a colleague, but the works were not intended as portraits. Rather, they were meant as studies of expression, type, physiognomy, or any kind of interesting character (an old man, a young woman, a "Turk," a dashing soldier" and so on). Garments that looked foreign, "antique," costly, or simply curious were of interest for their own sake and frequently offered opportunities to show off painterly techniques. " 2 Top #23366 - 02/22/05 07:28 AM Re: mug shots Marco stranger Registered: 02/19/05 Posts: 7 Loc: NC, USA Hello- I can not think of any term or phrase that would encompass the full meaning that the term "mug shot" relates, but I thought you might find this website interesting in your search about "mug shots"- http://thesmokinggun.com/ Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7248 Members 16 Forums 12802 Topics 189505 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 13 Guests and 16 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members walknotrun, MaRcX, Aps, 4whln, TimJohnson 7248 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12514 Jackie 10392 tsuwm 9550 Buffalo Shrdlu 6685 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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