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vocabulary lesson: the proverbial pink wig

March 20, 2008  9:51 am

Britney Spears’ downfall has confused and entertained us for what seems like years now. And her non-sane behaviors have leaked into our vocabularies, too—”pulling a Britney” can mean anything from multi-Starbucks stops to being institutionalized to showing your girlie parts to the paparazzi. The newest Britney-ism to enter the lexicon was inducted when a certain sharp New York socialite told a friend that she would be willing to co-host a party as long as a certain rival social “didn’t put the proverbial pink wig on.” The lady in question, you see, has a bad habit of drinking heavily and self-medicating at social events, and although there is no synthetic hair in rainbow colors involved in her carryings-on, many draw parallels between her behavior and that of a certain pop princess. So remember, the next time you go out, leave your proverbial pink wig at home—for all our sakes.

—Derek Blasberg

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