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Vocabulary
buy-generic cousin?
While reading an article at http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/19/us-usa-economy-stockton-idUSBRE82I0EJ20120319?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews, there is "buy-generic cousin" in the first paragraph, and would somebody help to make me understand the meaning of it?
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Hi, The general tone of the article personifies Stockton as an unfashionable, unsophisticated person ( commonly called 'a country cousin '). Such a person wears polyester clothes, and buys generic items instead of popular and more expensive brands. Clive
- Hi, The general tone of the article personifies Stockton as an unfashionable, unsophisticated person ( commonly called 'a country cousin ').
- Such a person wears polyester clothes, and buys generic items instead of popular and more expensive brands.
- Clive
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Hi,
The general tone of the article personifies Stockton as an unfashionable, unsophisticated person ( commonly called 'a country cousin'). Such a person wears polyester clothes, and buys generic items instead of popular and more expensive brands.
Clive
The general tone of the article personifies Stockton as an unfashionable, unsophisticated person ( commonly called 'a country cousin'). Such a person wears polyester clothes, and buys generic items instead of popular and more expensive brands.
Clive
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It's a very informal way to say that Stockton is a less than first rate town.
First, "cousin" is of course a relative, specifically your cousin is your parent's sibling's child. In U.S. culture this is considered a somewhat distant relationship.
Second, "buy-generic" is meant to be a disparaging term for those who buy generic (not brand name) products to save money. The implication be
First, "cousin" is of course a relative, specifically your cousin is your parent's sibling's child. In U.S. culture this is considered a somewhat distant relationship.
Second, "buy-generic" is meant to be a disparaging term for those who buy generic (not brand name) products to save money. The implication be
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