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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread looking-glass person #148011 09/16/2005 8:52 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 someone posted the following question to my group: does anyone know what it is to be a "looking glass person?" This phrase was used in an old news article about someone being arrested for being such a person. Thank you. the only thing I came up with via google is some sort of "unreal" or "other" which may or may not fit here. any other (or not) ideas? I felt as if I were in a Looking-Glass world where everything goes the wrong way. - Anthony Gilbert Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking-glass person #148012 09/16/2005 8:57 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City A voyeur? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking-glass person #148013 09/19/2005 4:58 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Most probably a reference to Lewis Caroll and his paradoxical cast, don't you think so? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking-glass person #148014 09/19/2005 7:00 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Marianna addict Marianna addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Or some form of döppelganger with opposite inclinations, behaviours and actions? A kind of evil twin, it'd have to be in order to get arrested... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking-glass person #148015 09/19/2005 10:11 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 This phrase was used in an old news article about someone being arrested for being such a person. You didn't happen to get a link to the article, did you? Or a short, context filled quote? 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 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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