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Except now I have to idolspize Ann Hornaday too...
Thanks, Libby Becca 2006
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Yeah, I idolspize Ann Hornaday for coming up with that word AND its application to Susan Orlean.
Thanks, Libby Becca 2006
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And I *almost* want to read the book but I haven't read any of hers and I'm afraid of falling into her idolspize trap so I won't.
I Wish I Knew How to Quit You, Ayelet Becca 2006
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Except now I have to idolspize Ann Hornaday too...
Archive 2006-02-01 Becca 2006
whichbe commented on the word idolspize
"Whom do you idolspize?…It recently became clear to me that modern life has spawned a brand new emotion, that psychological sidewalk-crack between envy and idolatry that we often succeed in jumping over, but once in a while fall right through." (From Double-Tongued Dictionary)
June 9, 2008
pegster commented on the word idolspize
"idolspize" comes from this 2006 Washington Post essay by Ann Hornaday
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/AR2006022101862.html
February 15, 2010
bilby commented on the word idolspize
I first heard it in 'The Sound of Music'.
February 15, 2010