Frippery, Junk, or Rubbish

[IACOBVS]

This comes from a crisis discussion in the Chatbox; the very foundation of the Church may depend upon it.

In your opinion, what are frippery, junk, and rubbish? How do they relate to each other, and how has Hyacinth Bucket influenced this in your life?

 

[IACOBVS]

Feel free to include any other frippery that may skitter across your brain's synapses. :groupheads:

 

[MoreCoffee]

Frippery is ornament lace and all manner of pretty but not very useful things. Junk is similar. Rubbish is discarded frippery and other refuse. Mrs Bucket had no influence on these definitions

:smirk:

 

[~Jo~]

Home British & World English frippery
Definition of frippery in English:




frippery
NOUN

mass noun
1Showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language.
‘a strictly business building with not a hint of frippery’
count noun ‘they were swamped by the fripperies of the play’

Junk
things that are considered to be of no use or value, or of low quality:
We ought to clear out this cupboard - it's full of junk.


Rubbish
waste material; refuse or litter.
"householders may be charged for the removal of non-recyclable rubbish"
synonyms: refuse, waste, garbage, litter, discarded matter, debris, detritus, scrap, dross; More


and Mrs Bucket was only in a series called Keeping up Appearances very funny program to.. and from England.. not sure if that's to brag about tho...lol

 

[IACOBVS]

But she did have a lot of frippery about the place.

 

[MoreCoffee]

But she did have a lot of frippery about the place.

Indeed she did.

Theological frippery exists too ...

 

[hotrhymez]

Quit being so frippery, guys.

 

[Stravinsk]

This comes from a crisis discussion in the Chatbox; the very foundation of the Church may depend upon it.

In your opinion, what are frippery, junk, and rubbish? How do they relate to each other, and how has Hyacinth Bucket influenced this in your life?

Frippery isn't a word I use or have ever heard used in every day speech. If it means lacy or showy - in terms of clothing I own no such items.

Junk - Anything that is taking up space, not being used - and not likely to be used at any point in the foreseeable future. This label is completely relative to the person making it, as one man's junk is another's treasure.

Garbage - differs from junk in that it not only takes up space, is not being used or likely to be - but also that it rots, smells and may infect other things with it's smelly rottenness.

Generally, garbage is not redeemable - best burned or buried where worms and insects can do their job of turning it into something useful. That being said, some garbage is redeemable - I speak here of human garbage - the people who spread slander, lies and exaggerations, who repay good deeds with evil wickedness. Such persons are "garbage", at least - they are to me - but they are redeemable if they confess and repent. Their "God" or "Jesus" talk don't mean diddly to me otherwise - in fact, it only makes me think less of them.

 

[ImaginaryDay2]

Frippery - All of the inconsequential extras that, when taken together in the context of a thought, or the appearance of a thing, all sounds (or looks) very nice, but can easily be done away with without losing the meaning of the thought or the ambiance of the appearance of the thing (or something...)

Junk - Everything that needs to be thrown out when I question if I really need it or not

Rubbish - Trash (dirty 'Kleenex', and the like), or anything that someone says that is clearly uneducated nonsense ("what a bunch of rubbish!")

 

[Lamb]

Frippery was a vocab term memorized for a test a long time ago

I don't know Hyacinth Bucket! I'm out of the loop!

 

[MoreCoffee]

Frippery was a vocab term memorized for a test a long time ago

I don't know Hyacinth Bucket! I'm out of the loop!

Here's a sample of dear Mrs Bucket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiVsIYmN3co

 

[psalms 91]

I loved that show and also As Time Goes By, and Are You Being Served

 

[Lamb]

I might have seen Mrs. Bucket but I'm not quite sure. The video looks familiar. How long ago was it on?

 

[MoreCoffee]

I might have seen Mrs. Bucket but I'm not quite sure. The video looks familiar. How long ago was it on?

I think it may have been the early to mid 1990s.

 

[Lamb]

I think it may have been the early to mid 1990s.

Oh my. I would have guessed 70s LOL

 

[MoreCoffee]

Oh my. I would have guessed 70s LOL

It's a long time ago either way.

 

[~Jo~]

Keeping up Appearance run from 1990 to 1995 5 seasons or 44 episodes..

 

[Lamb]

Of the 20th and 21st centuries, which decade would you say had the most frippery?

 

[MoreCoffee]

Of the 20th and 21st centuries, which decade would you say had the most frippery?

All of them.

 

[Lamb]

All of them.

Equally?