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Re: [OM] OT: Bumper Snickers

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Bumper Snickers
From: "Sawyer, Edward" <Ed.Sawyer@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:09:35 +0000
I agree, but unfortunately every doucehbag hipster marketeer has now co-opted 
the term to mean anything remotely individualized, whether it is actually 
custom made or not.  So in the cases where it is actually accurate, it ends up 
seeming pretentious and me-tooish. 

On Apr 21, 2014, at 2:31 AM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
<olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 'Bespoke' has overtones of decent tweed tailoring and peat smoke and Purdeys 
> and coachbuilding and means, "we made this to fit you, to your request, 
> measurements and requirements..?Sir. Let us know if any minor adjustments are 
> necessary, the next time you are up. Where would like us to send the account, 
> if I might be so presumptuous?"
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