Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
po-faced Milk Tray time warp
English answer:
This is what it means
Added to glossary by
ema333
Aug 4, 2004 12:53
19 yrs ago
English term
po-faced Milk Tray time warp
English
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Advertising / Public Relations
adverts with thin girls in exotic locations with bits of silk drapped everywhere- its an accurate picture of the po-faced Milk Tray time warp in which most beauty advertising is stuck
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IanW (X)
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This is what it means
Po-faced means "having an assumed solemn, serious, or earnest expression or manner : piously or hypocritically solemn" (Merriam Websters).
It means that beauty advertising has not moved on from the kind of advertisement they used to make for Milk Tray (chocolates)
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-08-04 13:02:48 GMT) Post-grading
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Yes, it\'s a tough one. If you\'re stuck, you could always ask the question on the English-Polish site and give the explanation I have given.
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Note added at 22 hrs 17 mins (2004-08-05 11:10:57 GMT) Post-grading
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\"Guess i could just ommit the phrase \"po-faced\"??\" No, I wouldn\'t do that - perhaps a translation of \"too serious\" or \"humourless\"
It means that beauty advertising has not moved on from the kind of advertisement they used to make for Milk Tray (chocolates)
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-08-04 13:02:48 GMT) Post-grading
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Yes, it\'s a tough one. If you\'re stuck, you could always ask the question on the English-Polish site and give the explanation I have given.
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Note added at 22 hrs 17 mins (2004-08-05 11:10:57 GMT) Post-grading
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\"Guess i could just ommit the phrase \"po-faced\"??\" No, I wouldn\'t do that - perhaps a translation of \"too serious\" or \"humourless\"
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Mikhail Kropotov
: nice explanation!
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Elena Petelos
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Ramesh Madhavan
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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awilliams
: hey Ian
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Hi Amy (where's your first name gone?)
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Alfa Trans (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanx for making it clear (if u know how to say it in polish,let me know ;o)"
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