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  2. Fop - Wikipedia

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    The fop was a stock character in English literature and especially comic drama, as well as satirical prints. He is a "man of fashion" who overdresses, aspires to wit, and generally puts on airs, which may include aspiring to a higher social station than others think he has. He may be somewhat effeminate, although this rarely affects his pursuit ...

  3. Text (literary theory) - Wikipedia

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    In literary theory, a text is any object that can be "read", whether this object is a work of literature, a street sign, an arrangement of buildings on a city block, or styles of clothing. [citation needed] It is a set of signs that is available to be reconstructed by a reader (or observer) if sufficient interpretants are available.

  4. Fustian - Wikipedia

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    A loom used to manufacture fustian. Fustian cutting was a laborious process using a fustian cutting knife. This tool was around 50 centimetres (20 in) long, and looked like a long spike; about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) from the tip, the top edge was sharpened into a blade.

  5. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  6. FUCT (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    FUCT was first conceptualized in 1990 by Erik Brunetti and Natas Kaupas in Brunetti's one-bedroom Venice Beach apartment. In a 2019 interview with skateboarding publication Jenkem, Brunetti stated that the two "thought it would be clever to call the brand FUCT and present it [as] very corporate, so you had to question the pronunciation of the name based on the way it looked."

  7. FTP (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    FTP, a streetwear brand based in Los Angeles, California, US; see FUCT (clothing)#Work and collaborations Functional threshold power, the amount of power produced by a cyclist at the sweet spot See also

  8. Nightcap (garment) - Wikipedia

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    The hat has become typical nightwear for a sleeper especially in comical drawings or cartoons along with children's stories, plays, and films; for example, in several Lupin III animations Daisuke Jigen has worn one as a continuation of the "hat covering eyes" gag, and in The Science of Discworld Rincewind has one with the word "Wizzard ...

  9. Semiotics of dress - Wikipedia

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    The way one dresses is informed by the biological and social needs of the individual. Central to the semiotics of dress is the psychology of self-perception and self-presentation, both as individuals who see themselves, as well as how individuals are seen within a greater group, society , culture or subculture .