Posted by Atticus on January 25, 2005, at 14:22:24
In reply to Re: poem ... Infant Sushi, posted by sunny10 on January 25, 2005, at 13:07:29
This is the definition of "effete" that I had in mind, and which I think the context of the poem's content helps emphasize:
>>soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence
The world "elite" doesn't carry this oh-so-pampered and spoiled connotation. You can have an "elite" athlete, but not an "effete" one. I wanted to make clear my contempt of such fundamental wasters of oxygen. That's why I chose "effete." God is in the details, as the saying goes. ;) Atticus
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