ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POOTERISH
From Charles Pooter, the hero of Diary of a Nobody (1892), by George and Weedon Grossmith.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POOTERISH»
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Pooterish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Pooterish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Making Sense of Suburbia Through Popular Culture
Charles Pooter, the central character of Diary ofa Nobody serves as an example
of how a fictional creation has given rise to the adjective 'Pooterish' to connote an
ingrained suburban mentality since the book's appearance in 1892. Roy Porter ...
2
Gender, Civic Culture and Consumerism: Middle-Class Identity ...
... a 'territorially of the self which the sociologist Georg Simmel considered
fundamental constituents of nineteenth-century urban modernity.58 Such
behaviour was more than merely Pooterish, involving a wide social constituency
and playing a ...
Alan Kidd, David Nicholls, 1999
Although Engel (1996: 35) describes it as 'a rather Pooterish paper for rather
Pooterish people' and those who bought it as 'the very ancestors of the suburban
ladies and Lt Cols (rtd) who still buy it today, the great British complaining classes
' ...
Peter Cole, Tony Harcup, 2009
4
Conan Doyle: Writing, Profession, and Practice
He puts on a Pooterish performance when he tells this anecdote against himself
in Through the Magic Door,just after recommending the popular science writings
of Samuel Laing. I had met someone at a table d'hdte or elsewhere who made ...
5
Name Dropping: Darwinian Struggles, Oedipal Feelings, and ...
Pretentiousness Index / POOTERISH like the fictional character Charles Pooter in
The Diary of a Nobody (1892) by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith; '
conventional', 'trivial': On and on they come, their Pooterish authors bizarrely ...
... Charles Pooter, has stamped his name on the English language to create an
affectionately derogatory adjective: 'a Pooterish little man'; 'So many square miles
of vapid and banal and Pooterish suburb.'3 Pooter's attitudes are the epitome of ...
George and Weedon Grossmith, Kate Flint, 2008
7
Brit-Myth: Who Do the British Think They Are?
The vegetative eugenics practised in mild-mannered cul-de- sacs, the extreme
prejudice of poisoning some blameless green thing while feeding another, are
symptoms of Pooterish yearning for a fascist order (p. 161). Polemic uses
caricature ...
Panoramic and masterful, A Week in December melds moral heft and piercing wit, holding a mirror up to the complex patterns and crossings of modern urban life. From the Trade Paperback edition.
... but quaff able” was the verdict of the paper's diarist on a guide to New World
wines, while the MP for a market town in Derbyshire dismissed the memoirs of an
American Secretary of State as “Pooterish.” None of this stuff interested Tranter.
surprised that one of the greatest novelists in the English language had chosen
to live in an OK but not-that-nice Pooterish villa overlooking the train tracks
leading into Paddington. Just as often, however, they were people ofwhom Kate
had ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POOTERISH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Pooterish is used in the context of the following news items.
Huggable Handel seen in London
He pops up, too, as pooterish librettist Charles Jennens, whose brother has just committed suicide – hence his need for 'Comfort Ye'; oh yes, ... «Classical-Music.com, Jun 15»
Please, FBI, investigate the 1966 World Cup – if only to shut up Greg …
They are naturally supported by said newspaper, whose Pooterish idea that Sepp Blatter was paying attention to what was in their leader ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Football People On TV: Garth Crooks
A vaguely Pooterish figure, Garth (to us at least) is a welcome curiosity and a break from the norm. Albeit a rambling one. John Nicholson and ... «Football365.com, May 15»
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art by Julian Barnes, review: 'a …
Barnes has clearly retained a certain cautious tenderness towards his Pooterish origins – it's something he has hauntingly explored in his ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
The Secrets of Sports Direct review: along with cheap trainers …
At several points, Himmler's Pooterish pronouncements on decency were contrasted with grisly footage of the SS at work. As a title, Himmler: ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage designed a computer in the …
27 28. do the first two posters know that they come across as pompous, pooterish sufferers of Tumescent Windpipes And Tongue Syndrome? «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Drumlanrig: Alex Salmond | Mundell Frozen out
But his grasp of the trivia of his own life is so impressive that it seems a shame to ignore his Pooterish ramblings. Last week, MSPs were ... «Scotsman, Apr 15»
Sculpture Victorious review – everything here was made to make us …
... for The Diary of a Nobody's Pooterish clerks. The market for the monarch grew to staggering proportions, and with it the appetite for sculpture. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Invisible ink no 262: William Wymark Jacobs
Barry Pain is loved for his Pooterish “Eliza Stories”, but wrote dark tales such as “The Undying Thing”. William Wymark Jacobs followed a ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
Antonia Fraser and David Lodge: A tale of two writers, posh and prole
Though there is something Pooterish in his detailing of the dimensions of his family home or the exact travel arrangements for any of his ... «New Statesman, Feb 15»
