[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Bikini"

[Mark Mandel]

Thanks for the clarification.

Mark Mandel

On Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 10:06 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mark Mandel wrote:
> > How does this fit, if at all, with these definitions of "brimborion"
> (from
> > https://www.wordnik.com/words/brimborion
>
> Here is a link to a clipping of the full article. The word “designed"
> is misspelled as "desigend". The article begins with the following
> text:
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106580214/brimborion-bikini/
>
> Date: May 15, 1947
> Newspaper: The Windsor Star
> Newspaper location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> PARIS Brimborion, according to the dictionary, means charm.
>
> Brimborion, according to Jaques Heim, is a new sunsuit--desigend to
> confound those who claimed the coverage of a French bathing suit could
> not be reduced.
>
> Heim will take $200 or so for his wisp of modesty, but you can do it
> yourself. Like this:
>
> Take a long, narrow scarf. Wrap it around the lower part of the hips
> like a Turkish dancer. Make like a diaper with one end, tie at the
> side. Garnish with a bra--contraction of miniscule.
>
> Heim will not guarantee it in the water.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson
>
>
> Continuation of Mark Mandel's email
> > <https://www.wordnik.com/words/brimborion)>)?:*
> > >>>>>
> > *from The Century Dictionary.*
> > *noun* A trifling object kept as a charm or gewgaw; a trifle: as,
> “handing
> > brimborions, baubles, knickknacks,” etc.
> >
> > *from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.*
> > *noun obsolete* A useless or valueless object
> > <<<<<
> >
> > MAM
> >
> >
> > *This may be the only time I have used these three punctuation marks
> > together, not counting the self-referential asterisk.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 8:28 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > > bikini (OED, 2., 1948)
> > >
> > > 1947 _Windsor Daily Star_ 15 May 7/5 (Newspapers.com)  Heim says he was
> > > forced to make the brimborion because his "Bikini" suit last year was
> so
> > > badly copied.
> > >
> > > Fred Shapiro
> > >
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