Can someone explain to me 'shabby gentile?'

[Pcdunn]

I
by a member of the Frankenstein family.

Resisting urge to retort "That's Franken-STEENE!" ala Young Frankenstein-- oh wait, I didn't, did I... ?

[c.d.]

I sometimes see elderly people in what I am sure are their church clothes. It is pretty apparent that they have worn the same outfit for many years, i.e., out of style and in not so great condition. Shabby genteel would describe it.

c.d.

[GUT]

I sometimes see elderly people in what I am sure are their church clothes. It is pretty apparent that they have worn the same outfit for many years, i.e., out of style and in not so great condition. Shabby genteel would describe it.

c.d.

yep

Sunday best that isnt too good anymore.

[GUT]

Can identify with that.

Abelard shirts,John Karindonous boots,Conte de Roma suits,designer ties,etc.
Picked up a strep infection in November 1982. Meh.

Just plain shabby these days.....captain tracky daks

I still wear boots to work that Mrs Kanandonis sold me about 20 years ago.

[GUT]

Sounds like GUT's long lost relative

Or more to the point like Gut today.

[Mayerling]

Think Mr Micawber, before he left for Australia.

Actually Mr. Micawber before he is hired to be Uriah Heep's clerk (before he turns the tables on Heep).

[Mayerling]

Jew would know...

Sort of reminds me of an early snippet of conversation by Woody Allen in one of his films, concerning going into a record store and being asked by the clerk if he wants to hear some Wagner.

[Mayerling]

There's a book written originally in 1840 called "a shabby genteel story"
If anyone feels inclined you can purchase a copy for as little as 1p
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/081...2IL&ref=plSrch

I am not sure but William M. Thackeray certainly pushed the idea of the "shabby genteel" type in his fiction. So did Dickens (best example is Mrs. Sparsit in "Hard Times", who adores the "self-made" millionaire industrialist Josiah Bounderby, until she discovers his hideous secret at the end.

Jeff

[Mayerling]

Resisting urge to retort "That's Franken-STEENE!" ala Young Frankenstein-- oh wait, I didn't, did I... ?

"You're kiddin'. Well...you can call me "EYE-gore!!"

[Rosella]

'Shabby genteel' described people like clerks who didn't use their muscles to make a living but worked in an office or bank. They were people who didn't really have the income to keep up a certain standard of dress for their way of life, but clung to lower middle class status cos it was a rung up from working class.

[Vincenzo]

'Shabby genteel' described people like clerks who didn't use their muscles to make a living but worked in an office or bank. They were people who didn't really have the income to keep up a certain standard of dress for their way of life, but clung to lower middle class status cos it was a rung up from working class.

Thank you!

[C. F. Leon]

What do they call the current trend of wearing pajamas (including slippers) out in public? This has become very common in my part of town in the past few years.

- CFL

[Sam Flynn]

What do they call the current trend of wearing pajamas (including slippers) out in public?

Bedroom chic?

[GUT]

What do they call the current trend of wearing pajamas (including slippers) out in public? This has become very common in my part of town in the past few years.

- CFL

Gross????

[Pcdunn]

Just plain lazy?