I remember Granny in the back yard making lye soap in a big tub. Anyone remember the show song/lyrics?
The Clampetts overheard:
[on the subject of California]
Elly May: I hear they got smog.
Daisy Mae 'Granny' Moses: What's a smog?
[pause]
Jethro: I reckon it's a small hog.
The Clampetts overheard:
[on the subject of California]
Elly May: I hear they got smog.
Daisy Mae 'Granny' Moses: What's a smog?
[pause]
Jethro: I reckon it's a small hog.
DEFINITION of this 3-syllable noun:
- a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
- being or resembling a parvenu.
- characteristic of a parvenu.