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Zerox Posted 20 years ago
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self-anointed
Harry was in a fire in which he was badly mutilated. Then he went to London, where the self-anointed, poetry-spouting "monster" displays his hideously deformed body in the taverns....
That is the context explained in my own words. But I'm a bit puzzled with the self-anointed and poetry-spouting. I guess the self-anointed refers to the fire somehow, and does spout in poetry-spouting mean to speak tediously? Please, enlighten me.
That is the context explained in my own words. But I'm a bit puzzled with the self-anointed and poetry-spouting. I guess the self-anointed refers to the fire somehow, and does spout in poetry-spouting mean to speak tediously? Please, enlighten me.
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Self-anointed - self-chosen/self-declared Poetry-spouting - to utter poetry in a continuous fluent flow
- Self-anointed - self-chosen/self-declared Poetry-spouting - to utter poetry in a continuous fluent flow
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Self-anointed - self-chosen/self-declared
Poetry-spouting - to utter poetry in a continuous fluent flow
Poetry-spouting - to utter poetry in a continuous fluent flow
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Anointment is the putting (or smearing rather) of oil over a body as a sign of sanctification. This was done in religious ceremonies and coronations to single someone out as important, blessed, superior. Hence "self-anointed" means a self-proclaimed superior, someone with a *** complex, someone who thinks s/he can control other people's lives.
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Well, No-frills, your explanation is very detailed, but it's a little too specific.
As Bentia says, it's just someone who says that he or she is {whatever} without being voted in, made so by others, etc. or without general agreement from other parties that he or she is {whatever}.
I can be the "self-annointed queen of desserts" among my coworkers, so that whenever there i
As Bentia says, it's just someone who says that he or she is {whatever} without being voted in, made so by others, etc. or without general agreement from other parties that he or she is {whatever}.
I can be the "self-annointed queen of desserts" among my coworkers, so that whenever there i
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My mistake, however we should keep in mind that synonyms have their shades of meaning, and, say, self-anointed sounds more negative than positive. At least I've seen this word in negative context. The word has retained its original powerful meaning otherwise it wouldn't have survived through history and would've been disposed of as unnecessarily long.
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I think I'd agree that "self-anointed" has negative connotations, on the whole (in BrE, at least).
There also seems to be a little cross-phrase interference from "self-appointed".
MrP
There also seems to be a little cross-phrase interference from "self-appointed".
MrP
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Pardon my ignorance... What do you mean exactly by cross-phrase interference from "self-appointed" ? Do you mean they are related language history-wise?
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