Bergdorf Blondes - Its Language

Its Language

Rather like the “Slayer slang” of the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB/UPN 1998-2003), Bergdorf Blondes employs a rich vocabulary of “in” words and abbreviations – “Arizona” for “rehab”; “FOB/G” (Friend of President Bill Clinton/George W Bush); “Ana” (anorexic). On first arriving in New York, the narrator discovers that "Brazilians" are not only men from Latin America, but total bikini waxes. To assist the reader, there is a glossary of “Manhattan shorthand”.

Sykes' second novel, The Debutante Divorcée, followed in 2006.

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