Veep

[Jonathan Lighter]

A "normal" is a "normal person" rather than a politician or member of a
political staff.

At least it is on this show. Real or Memorex?

JL

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 5/4/2012 08:47 AM, you wrote:
> >"A photo op with the normals and normalistas." (The common folk; is
> >"normalista" to be taken as a feminine form? Or as an enthusiast of
> >normals?)
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> I haven't watched the program, so I'm not absolutely certain what a
> "normal" is -- but:
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> "Normalista" -- Someone who obsessively wants to be a normal, so they
> can have a photo op with the "unusuals" (celebrities)?  In that
> aspect only, an enthusiast of normals.  A la "fashionista",
> obsessively interested in fashion and the fashionable.
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> Joel
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