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Mind your language

Are you ‘very demure’?

14 September 2024

9:00 AM

14 September 2024

9:00 AM

‘Very tasty,’ said my husband. ‘Very sweet.’ In a catchphrase from 1940 that must surely predate even his long tale of years, he had found an echo for one that has in recent days attracted millions on TikTok. The difference is that today it is called a meme.

‘You see how I do my make-up for work?’ says Jools Lebron in a video.

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