European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A frisson is Frozen on fad list James j. Kilpatrick a the writer s Art it is time to Crown a fad word of the summer. I must not hold you in unbearable suspense. The Winner is a let me have the envelope Vanna a the Winner is a a frisson yes frisson pronounced freeze own through the starboard sinuses and it Means a a Brief moment of emotional excitement shudder thrill frisson is so High class that it does no to even appear in the american heritage College edition mean this is one snooty word. I it dates from 1770, so it is not quite so old As a Horri dilation a which Means goosebumps but it is old enough to be on its sixth set of wrinkles. Last Spring the new York times commented on professional Tennis it is experiencing a a frisson of a correspondent for the los Angeles times tried a Public Bath in Japan. He Felt a a frisson of irrational columnist Anna Quindlen recalled famous child custody Case. She too Felt a a frisson of fear a but hers was a. Plain Vanilla frisson and not an irrational frisson. Frisson generating Faye Dunaway. Lbs a restaurant critic for Cincinnati Magazine. Dined at the precinct on Delta Avenue. He ordered baked oysters big tender and properly fresh. A they evoked the longed for but Seldom. Achieved sexual surely a sexual frisson is fris Sonier than an irrational frisson. Other frisson keep rolling along. Columnist Bill rusher wrote about cancer scares. They give hypochondriac a a neurotic theater critic John Simon enjoyed a deftly updated Damn Yankees in which Bebe Neuwirths Lola a elicited frisson of gossiped Liz Smith saw Faye Dunaway in new Yorkus time cafe. She generated a frisson of a look who that is excitement. How docs a fad word suddenly get to be popular trendy and Chic beats me. Maybe it works like a women s fashions. One year the look is mini the next year Maxi. Hemlines go up hemlines go Down. Necklines arc High necklines Are Low. Colors loud colors soft., so it is w Ith language. Early in 1993 the big word was a water District in Florida needed a to be More proactive with Public a Mother who died in Virginia of breast cancer was a a proactive a marketing expert urged a proactive sales culture. The redoubtable Quindlen a great fad spotter she wrote of Quot proactive sex Quot probably the Best kind. Then a proactive Quot faded giving Way to Ltd sonata a for a while there everything was resonating Mac mad. In world Magazine Congress was resonating about education. In the Hearst newspapers Thomas Jefferson a vision a has resonated across the my files indicate that a empowerment Quot is still in the running but two furlongs behind the front run Nurs. A a arguably has become a bore. Vanity fair last summer termed Hillary Clinton a arguably the most important woman in the to the Chicago Sun times Jimmy Hoffa a teamsters were a arguably the nations most powerful the publishers of architectural digest say it is a arguably the finest Magazine in the English Lan Guage a to prove it they offer a complimentary copy As a free gift. Reader Dianne Courtney of rolling Bay wash., nominates a zeitgeist a Mary Jean Sonneman of Auburn wash., enters Merritt Borden of Eugene ore., bets on Gregg Gail of san Antonio likes other readers have cheered for seamless eponymous and segue. What a contest what a fun thing just thinking about it Vanna i will have a double dip frisson with nuts hot fudge and whipped Cream. Freeze own freeze own Universal press Syndicate life on Jupiter mexican food and getting smashed Tony Kornheiser Quot tit Quot got a letter from Jupiter the other Day. I see a by the postmark it was mailed on the 85th of Al glee so it was probably sitting in a . Post g office for months before it was delivered to my House. Here a what it says wish you were Here. We re having a Comet get us parties a where we sit around eating mexican food waiting for the Comet to crash into us. Of done to worry. We won t even fee it. Jupiter is enormous. Compared to Earth Wco re Arnold Schwarzenegger and you re Danny Devito s toe. We re laughing at this Comet. By the Way in our language a Shoemaker Ley translates As a the Clinton health care package. A Tahaha. In a not saying i done to believe that this Comet has slammed into Jupiter but have you seen the photographs they re running to support this a a fact every photograph of Jupiter looks like a giant Bellybutton How do we know it Isnit a Bellybutton you saw Forrest Gump right Well it. Dan really has legs. They weren to amputated. That was done with computer animation. The same thing could have been done with these photographs its not like any of us have seen Jupiter dose up and wed know the difference. Whenever they want to convince you that there a a huge new scar on Jupiter a surface they show you a Bellybutton with a Black Dot. Well i get Black dots in most of my pictures. Red eyes too. Maybe they re using a cheap camera. The letter goes on to say we re amuse of that from a distance of a half billion Miles you think you can Sec what a happening on our other Side. What you probably done to know is that most of the come missed us and its heading for Earth Tahaha. Tony How come we Haven t heard from you in a Long time ? i guess your mail is running late. This is supposed to be news that the mail is late. In a still waiting for my last Issue of look. Have you seen the new Post office motto a yeah i guess rain Snow and dark of night would keep me from my appointed rounds. And i get two hours off for a the most intriguing explanation for the scandalous delays in mail service in our nations capital a millions of undelivered letters stashed in trailers some from As far Back As february a is that letter writers have confounded the postal computers by not practising a address what does that mean that you have to spread toilet paper Over your letters before you mail them should i Wear a condom when i address a postcard actually in a not that upset that the mail is late. It gives me plausible deniability when i insist a the Check is in the Only time you a worry about mail being really late is if you ordered halibut. The truth is mail service is the biggest bargain in America. For 29 cents somebody takes your letter All across the country. Nobody else will even take your Call for 29 cents. If any of my mail gets to within five Miles of my House within six months of when it s mailed i figure that a Gravy. So lets give the postal workers a Little credit for getting us the mail at All. In a sure you join me in saying that every Day we can keep a postal worker from becoming a a disgruntled is a Good Day. The letter continues by the Way mexican food has really taken off Here. I never thought i could find anything to satisfy my craving for the Jovian National dish of 10 glazed doughnuts and 27 strips of Bacon. But then i discovered beef and cheese nachos. And the Good news is that the shredded lettuce makes it completely healthy. In a a Little worried though. After my Moth or in Law finished a Chili re Llano dinner she fell through the chair. A. It was a Surprise to find out Popcorn is fattening. A Little less of a Surprise for chinese food. But mexican food who a surprised by this who on Earth thinks that a heaping plate of deep Fried Tortilla chips smothered in Mounds of pasty gooey viscous Guam ample sour Cream and cheese could possibly be healthy just glancing at the menu will clog your arteries look if Fried food is bad for you How could something re her be Good for you the letter concludes because you arc closer to the Sun everything gets to you first. We Are just becoming aware of a a a Obj Stock what an amusing premise that fat Bald Rich people in their 40s and 50s would travel hundreds of Miles to pretend they were Skinny idealistic and in their 20s. Tell me do Stephen stills and David Crosby cat exclusively mexican food As far As in a concerned the Comet can to get Here fast enough. Creators Syndicate
