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The Random Text Says: "" According to a Certain Test... February 17th, 2002 - 6:04 a.m. I'm Currently Avoiding:Ha. "Daria is the poster child for "teen misfit," and holds in high contempt what she sees as the shallowness and superficiality of the world around her. She is also cynical -- though she'd say she's "realistic" -- and mistrustful of authority, and doesn't hesitate to make her opinions known when she sees fit. She has a talent for writing, a sharp intellect, an even sharper tongue (her sarcasm could cut tempered steel), and a wit so dry it makes the Sahara look like a rain forest." Oh come on...is anybody *really* surprised? jeunesse doree (n. zher-ness-dor-AY) : young people of wealth and fashion French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre and his allies, the Jacobins, gained many enemies for their role in the Reign of Terror. One of their fiercest opponents was Louis Freron, a former Jacobin who played a key role in overthrowing their government. On July 27, 1794, counter-revolutionaries toppled the Jacobin regime and had Robespierre arrested and executed. In the midst of the chaos that followed, Louis Freron organized gangs of fashionably dressed young toughs to terrorize the remaining Jacobins. French speakers called those stylish young thugs the jeunesse doree, literally the gilded youth. By the time the term jeunesse doree was adopted into English in the 1830s, it had lost its association with violent street gangs and simply referred to any wealthy young socialites.
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