Ladies of the world: let us mani/pedi no more!
Posted at 7:30 AM Jun 09, 2009
By Andrea Grimes |
If you've got time to sit around while somebody scrapes your scaly heels and buffs your nails to a fine sheen, you've got time to say the words "manicure" and "pedicure."
Shortening these two words to "mani" and "pedi" is the worst kind of creepy cutesy. There is nothing adorable about getting gunk dug out from beneath your toenails or having a layer of acrylic sanded into your nailbeds. Yes, your hands and feet may look wonderful after the fact, but that's all the more reason to give the procedures their full nomenclatural due.
Maybe it makes you feel like you know a secret language, the saying "mani" and "pedi." And you know, you're right. You do know a secret language: the secret language of people who get so many beauty treatments they can't be bothered to say them all. Is that really the treehouse you wanna park your bike outside?
If you're a grown-ass lady taking your own grown-ass to the nail salon, spit 'em out in their entirety. Manicure. Pedicure. Self-respect.
Best,
Andrea
Comments
Erg. Really? "Is that all there is?"
This post makes too "mani" fucking "pedi" points.
Posted 06/09/2009 at 07:36:48 AMGlad I am not the only one bothered by this. Plus when you pluralize them, they sound like cutesy names for your vagina.
Posted 06/09/2009 at 10:18:16 AMPlus anyone saying "pedi" has entered a whole new realm of creepy when you think about it...
Posted 06/09/2009 at 10:55:43 AM