Foppish is as Foppish Does

Foppish, FOPPISH aaaayyy you talkin to ME! Sounds like the days of

the Rat Pack. Or -- Think About it. West Side Story! If you're a gang

dancing down the street on the West Side --- You'd damn well better

be able to fight better and meaner than anyone else.

Do you feel like you have just sat in the front row at one of Don Rickles

performances. "Ahh, the closest that you'll ever get to being in a Dean

Martin Roast. For more information see

The night I played Don Rickles' hockey puck. Was the age of foppish

also the age of Macho. After all, remember there was one action movie star

that didn't want his friends to know that he was an actor because they might

think that he, is, shall we say, less than masculine.

Merriam-websters Online Dictionary says that the definition of foppish

is characteristic of a fop --a foppish dressing gown-- or behaving or dressing in

the manner of a fop. The word fop is defined by the same site as 1 obsolete :

a foolish or silly person or 2: a man who is devoted to or vain about his

appearance or dress : coxcomb, dandy, Wow all of this going around in circles

and where has it gotten us? Well, in many cases, the hero can afford to be

foppish because he has the gifts, or talent, or mere chutzpah to pull off a good

performance without leaving any room for anyone to criticize his masculinity

bravery, wit or other modicums of talent. You can check out the wikipedia

references as it is getting onerous, hmm onerous, that's a good one. I'll

have to remember that one. I wonder if it is foppish. Oh Well.