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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Stepford #46012 10/26/2001 6:14 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 20 pieman stranger pieman stranger Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 20 Can any one tell me anything about the word "Stepford". It is used in the following sentence: "There's a meanness and cynicism rampant, and fresh air is needed. Besides, your job is just as much at risk if you join the ranks of the Stepford librarians by remaining silent." I believe it might have something to do with a movie called The Stepford Wives. But what does it mean exactly? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Stepford #46013 10/26/2001 6:57 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass the movie in turn stems from a satirical sf novel wherein the Stepford (CN) Wives are computerized android duplicates. the finale shows the robot wives drifting like the living dead around a vast supermarket and swapping recipes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Stepford #46014 10/27/2001 12:50 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky ...swapping recipes. Then they joined this board, guised as Durians... Now, there's something that would make a fearsome jack o'lantern! [shudder] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Stepford #46015 10/27/2001 3:10 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 33 MELT newbie MELT newbie Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 33 Wrong, Tsuwn, The screenplay "Stepford Wives" has an ignoble end for the men. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Stepford #46016 10/27/2001 4:03 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass ?? must be thinking of the execrable Revenge of the Stepford Wives Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Stepford #46017 10/27/2001 5:18 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Hmmm. Women. Computers. Food. That sounds familiar ... lemmee think. Ah, yes! Well, helloooooo Helen! Now I understand so many things. We have a Stepford Wife in our midst! Ooooo, goody! I just luuuurve mysteries being cleared up! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Stepford wives #46018 10/28/2001 11:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Hi Pieman: Can't help you with the meaning of Stepford, but I can provide some brief quotes about the film, courtesy of Halliwell: "It was hard to tell Katharine Ross playing a robot from Katharine Ross playing a normal housewife." (Les Keyser, Hollywood in the seventies) "The first women's lib gothic -- hardly the landmark the world had been waiting for." (the late Pauline Kael, New Yorker) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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