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  1. Feb 2021
    1. “PI so describe your dressing room The very Irish shall not come.” She answered short, “I’m glad you'll write. You'll furnish paper when I shite.”?

      Suggests that Swift's poem, The Lady's Dressing Room where he goes above and beyond to paint Celia as a disgusting person, was inspired by his own inability to please a woman. Upon rejection, like so many people, he insults her relentlessly in an attempt to make himself feel better.

    2. brocade,

      A "brocade" is "a rich fabric woven with a raised pattern, typically with gold and silver thread."

      How rich does one have to be to wear literal gold?