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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Soubrette #198953 04/10/2011 1:52 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3 loisart stranger loisart stranger Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3 Back in the '50s or early '60s, there was a line of "Misses" clothing intended for teenagers called "Sue Brett". It may have been a Sears or Wards catalog line. I thought it was a clever play on words, but none of my friends 'got it'> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Soubrette loisart #198955 04/10/2011 1:59 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, lois. Em...I'm afraid I don't get it, either, though I was around, then. What is (a?) soubrette, please? Never mind--just checked my W's A D all the way back to Monday. Sorry--we've been having a family crisis this week. Was this line a deliberate homophone, do you know? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Soubrette Jackie #198964 04/10/2011 3:20 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Jackie...I didn't know either. I was thinking along the lines of 'brat' and teenager, so I LIU. soubrette Ah...now I get it. Good one Lois Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Soubrette Candy #198979 04/10/2011 3:58 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME LOISART ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,367 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,199 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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