• Ogden Nash, "Lines Written to Console the Ladies...", Hard Lines (1930), p. 21:
A girl who is bespectacled Don’t even get her nectacled, But safety pins and bassinets Await the girl who fascinets.
• Christopher Morley, "Postscript to a Famous Verse", The Middle Kingdom (1944), p. 102:
But glasses can always be checked By a girl who’s about to be necked.
• Letty Cottin Pogrebin, "Down with Sexist Upbringing", in Ms. magazine (Spring 1972), p. 25:
Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.
Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses." in the context of "Dorothy Parker, "News Item", Enough Rope (1926), p. 85
• Ogden Nash, "Lines Written to Console the Ladies...", Hard Lines (1930), p. 21:
A girl who is bespectacled Don’t even get her nectacled, But safety pins and bassinets Await the girl who fascinets.
• Christopher Morley, "Postscript to a Famous Verse", The Middle Kingdom (1944), p. 102:
But glasses can always be checked By a girl who’s about to be necked.
• Letty Cottin Pogrebin, "Down with Sexist Upbringing", in Ms. magazine (Spring 1972), p. 25:
Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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