КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «HUMOURLESS»
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Problem People and how to Manage Them
Humourless people tend to be too intense, serious and earnest for your taste. It's
in the eye of the beholder, of course, but when people don't laugh at your jokes,
don't join in light- hearted banter and generally take themselves too seriously, ...
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New Feminist Stories of Child Sexual Abuse: Sexual Scripts ...
This threat links the 'vampire' figure of Wigginton to a more pervasive construction
most strongly associated with 'victim' feminism, which Meaghan Morris (1987)
has called the Humourless Feminist. Some of this figure's most prominent ...
Paula Reavey, Sam Warner, 2003
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
humourless hunt humourless /'hjuimalas/ adjective Someone who is humourless
is very serious, has no sense of humour and cannot appreciate funny remarks or
situations: His writing style was dry and humourless. hump /lump/ noun; verb o ...
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Speaking for Yourself: A Guide for Students
A booklet on report writing included the claim: 'This booklet will help you to write
serious and professional, but not necessarily dry, humourless reports.'
Presumably, the authors did not intend the booklet to help people write
humourless reports ...
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Bahá'í Ethics in Light of Scripture: Volume 2: Virtues and ...
A humourless saint is a sad saint. A humourless sage is something other than
wise . . . What good is love without joy? What good is joy without humour?191 To
lack humour is to lack humility, lucidity, and lightness; the humourless person is ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
adjective she was thought of as a hard-working, humourless academic: serious,
serious-minded, solemn, earnest, sober, sombre, grave, stern, grim, dour, morose
, unsmiling, stony-faced; gloomy, glum, depressed, sad, melancholy, dismal, ...
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Secrecy and Silence in the Research Process: Feminist ...
Several commenters addressed this point in their comments; for example:
Humourless feminist stereotypes, certainly, but PC academics are so ubiquitous
and ridiculous that they are self-stereotyping and self-parodying. Some
stereotypes ...
Róisín Ryan-Flood, Rosalind Gill, 2013
MY HUMOURLESS AUNT 1 She moved in, my humourless aunt, with her
husband and rival son, to help my grandmother run the house, and me, when my
grandfather died. Her mother, my grandmother, had been my mother since before
...
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Glossalalia: An Alphabet of Critical Keywords
Such exceptions nevertheless point to a rule which states that appreciation for
philosophical wit gets lost in translation, not least where there is a strong
predisposition to assume that, for example, German philosophy is humourless
while ...
Julian Wolfreys, Harun Karim Thomas, 2003
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Self-Hypnosis For Dummies
While self-hypnosis won't make you a stand-up comedian, there are tips in this
section on how we can develop a sense of humour using self-hypnosis. Think of
someone you describe as humourless or overly serious. What feelings arise
when ...
Mike Bryant, Peter Mabbutt, 2010
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «HUMOURLESS»
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Teen mag slammed for 'sexist' flirting tips - The Local
... adoration and giving boys the cold shoulder is a superficial, stupid addition to the 'flirting school'- manipulative and completely humourless." ... «The Local.de, Июл 15»
BBC Sport - Chris Froome: Why doesn't Britain love the Tour de …
But that does not mean he is boring or humourless, or that Wiggins is always a barrel of laughs. Speak to any journalist, rider, race official or ... «BBC Sport, Июл 15»
Someone's unimpressed with Kevin Skelton's Bank of America …
We won't compare it to some recent staff turnover at Harry Triguboff's Meriton lest we encourage yet another humourless letter from the ... «The Australian Financial Review, Июл 15»
Is opposition to Kanye West at Pan Am closing ceremony fair …
because he's a humourless, arrogant blowhard. But one can't help wonder if there would be the same outcry if U2 was headlining, or the ... «Globalnews.ca, Июл 15»
True Detective Season 2: Episode 4 recap, did they just kill the killer …
The mayor himself makes only one, humourless appearance towards the end before the episode's the major dramatic release. true detective ... «melty.com, Июл 15»
Girls with Autism, ITV, review: 'compelling' - Telegraph
Our understanding of autism tends to be so basic – loose notions drawn from the particular types, humourless and intense, portrayed in Rain ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Июл 15»
Artist Douglas Gordon damages theatre in axe attack - BBC News
The Guardian, meanwhile, described it as a "humourless and sedate Red Riding Hood retelling" that "takes itself very seriously" and is "so ... «BBC News, Июл 15»
We need to not talk about Muse (ever again) | Stuff.co.nz
Muse arrived at the end of Britpop, humourless, devoid of melodic grace, carrying only a giant box of shrill, and then attempted to shill for a ... «Stuff.co.nz, Июл 15»
Sunderland on tour: Chris Young's diary - Sunderland Echo
While you've got your hand on the fingerprint reader, you'd confess to poisoning Elvis under the bombardment of their humourless questions. «Sunderland Echo, Июл 15»
Cruise out of control | The Sunday Times
These two hyper-focused, often humourless, all-conquering Napoleons of Hollywood were made for each other. By most accounts, Miscavige ... «The Sunday Times, Июл 15»
