Tea and Sympathy Glossary

by Vincente Minnelli

Tea and Sympathy Glossary

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Bystander

A person that witnesses an event but isn't part of it

Homosexual

A gay man

Phonograph

A machine that plays records

Sister Boy

A feminine male

Suicide

The act of killing oneself

Swagger

Acting/behaving very aggressively and arrogantly

Sympathy

Feeling sorry for somebody else's misfortunes

Tenderness

Being gentle and kind

Unmanly

Not acting like a man

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