At 18:45 06/07/2007, you wrote:
OK, Richard. I hate not knowing a word so I had to look it up:
eckysiast: n. a striptease performer
ORIGIN 1940: coined by HL Mencken from the Greek ekdusis 'shedding,'
on the pattern of 'enthusiast'
I don't know when I'll have the opportunity to use it except in
conjunction with my 2 year old niece, but it's a great word!
Thanks,
LynnD
I remember that the script for "Gypsy" - the Broadway musical, not
the film, used it - Gypsy Rose either called herself an ecdesiast, or
one of the strippers, during the number "You've gotta have a gimmick"
used it in dialogue. (I was wardrobe mistress in the West end -
Angela Lansbury version - not a fun experience!)
Suzi
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