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I am currently reading this article,, and there was a word,
This isn’t just another hackneyed reference to Johnson’s surface similarities to Donald Trump, which include urine-colored tumbleweed coifs, the elevation of pathological mendacity to a political art form, and, excepting Johnson’s higher erudition (he regularly spouts gobbets of ancient Greek), the impressive willingness to speak without coherence or elementary knowledge about the things that supposedly matter most to either man.
What is exactly the "tumbleweed coifs"? I googled and looked up, but only what I got is very few resources, kindly help me with this.
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I am currently reading this article,, and there was a word,
This isn’t just another hackneyed reference to Johnson’s surface similarities to Donald Trump, which include urine-colored tumbleweed coifs, the elevation of pathological mendacity to a political art form, and, excepting Johnson’s higher erudition (he regularly spouts gobbets of ancient Greek), the impressive willingness to speak without coherence or elementary knowledge about the things that supposedly matter most to either man.
What is exactly the "tumbleweed coifs"? I googled and looked up, but only what I got is very few resources, kindly help me with this.
Thank you.
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I am currently reading this article,, and there was a word,
This isn’t just another hackneyed reference to Johnson’s surface similarities to Donald Trump, which include urine-colored tumbleweed coifs, the elevation of pathological mendacity to a political art form, and, excepting Johnson’s higher erudition (he regularly spouts gobbets of ancient Greek), the impressive willingness to speak without coherence or elementary knowledge about the things that supposedly matter most to either man.
What is exactly the "tumbleweed coifs"? I googled and looked up, but only what I got is very few resources, kindly help me with this.
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This isn’t just another hackneyed reference to Johnson’s surface similarities to Donald Trump, which include urine-colored tumbleweed coifs, the elevation of pathological mendacity to a political art form, and, excepting Johnson’s higher erudition (he regularly spouts gobbets of ancient Greek), the impressive willingness to speak without coherence or elementary knowledge about the things that supposedly matter most to either man.
What is exactly the "tumbleweed coifs"? I googled and looked up, but only what I got is very few resources, kindly help me with this.
Thank you.
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You won't find "Tumbleweed coifs" in a dictionary because it is a creative combination invented by Michael Weiss who wrote the article you refer to.
According to Merriam-Webster, "coif" is short for "coiffure" which comes from French and means "hairstyle".
Since pictures are worth a thousand words apiece, this is a picture (from Wikipedia) of a tumbleweed at a gas station:
And this is a picture from the Spectator blog, showing actual photos, side-by-side, of Johnson's and Trump's hair, respectively:
The author must have felt a new term was necessary to fully convey his meaning.
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You won't find "Tumbleweed coifs" in a dictionary because it is a creative combination invented by Michael Weiss who wrote the article you refer to.
According to Merriam-Webster, "coif" is short for "coiffure" which comes from French and means "hairstyle".
Since pictures are worth a thousand words apiece, this is a picture (from Wikipedia) of a tumbleweed at a gas station:
And this is a picture from the Spectator blog, showing actual photos, side-by-side, of Johnson's and Trump's hair, respectively:
The author must have felt a new term was necessary to fully convey his meaning.
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You won't find "Tumbleweed coifs" in a dictionary because it is a creative combination invented by Michael Weiss who wrote the article you refer to.
According to Merriam-Webster, "coif" is short for "coiffure" which comes from French and means "hairstyle".
Since pictures are worth a thousand words apiece, this is a picture (from Wikipedia) of a tumbleweed at a gas station:
And this is a picture from the Spectator blog, showing actual photos, side-by-side, of Johnson's and Trump's hair, respectively:
The author must have felt a new term was necessary to fully convey his meaning.
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You won't find "Tumbleweed coifs" in a dictionary because it is a creative combination invented by Michael Weiss who wrote the article you refer to.
According to Merriam-Webster, "coif" is short for "coiffure" which comes from French and means "hairstyle".
Since pictures are worth a thousand words apiece, this is a picture (from Wikipedia) of a tumbleweed at a gas station:
And this is a picture from the Spectator blog, showing actual photos, side-by-side, of Johnson's and Trump's hair, respectively:
The author must have felt a new term was necessary to fully convey his meaning.
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You won't find "Tumbleweed coifs" in a dictionary because it is a creative combination invented by Michael Weiss who wrote the article you refer to.
According to Merriam-Webster, "coif" is short for "coiffure" which comes from French and means "hairstyle".
Since pictures are worth a thousand words apiece, this is a picture (from Wikipedia) of a tumbleweed at a gas station:
And this is a picture from the Spectator blog, showing actual photos, side-by-side, of Johnson's and Trump's hair, respectively:
The author must have felt a new term was necessary to fully convey his meaning.
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