There has been a phrase in the national press and among political commentators that I have noticed more and more over the last year or so. I wouldn't go as far as to say it annoys me but it certainly irks. Generally preceding a female politician, the phrase in question is "the fragrant......".
Even bloggers have picked up on it and are seemingly using it with reckless abandon. Examples include:
Ridiculous politicsMr Eugenides
Tartan Hero
Holyrood Chronicles
There is more than the faintest whiff of sexism about it and also a subtle aroma of condescension. And even though I wouldn't say it gets right up my nostrils, from now on, to redress the balance, I shall be prescribing all men I discuss on my blog with the phrase: "the smelly...."
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Blame the Archers - it was first used to describe Mary Archer by the judge..something along the lines of 'Is there not a radiance,nay a fragnance about her?'
It wid gie ye the bolk so it wid..
Mr Justice Caulfield: "Remember Mary Archer in the witness-box. Your vision of her probably will never disappear. Has she elegance? Has she fragrance?
"Would she have, without the strain of this trial, radiance? How would she appeal? Has she had a happy married life? Has she been able to enjoy, rather than endure, her husband Jeffrey?"
"Is he in need of cold, unloving, rubber-insulated sex in a seedy hotel round about quarter to one on a Tuesday morning after an evening at the Caprice?"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1388341.stm
That Archer quote still makes me laugh.
In my case I apply it to Wendy Alexander as a signifier of my love for her. And only slightly ironically...
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