“To function effectively in any social situation,” writes Booth, “we all engage in masking of one kind or another: we do some prettying up: we adorn, […] "

Like Alex, hysteroids lead crisis-ridden lives reflecting poor social judgment (Meissner 1984).

The guns on the fortress responded, but the small calibre made them sound as if they were yapping like bandogs while the bombers bayed and gave tongue like hounds in cry.

Cutting back to the same position annually is usually referred to as pollarding; cutting nearly to the ground is usually called stooling. Both are good methods of controlling height and maintaining vigor on plants that would normally grow to a large size. […] Those [plants] that generate many small stems crowded together are difficult to pollard so they are normally stooled. Some people refer to stooling as coppice.