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    What is 'glitterati'?

    Question #98387. Asked by author. (Aug 07 08 8:05 PM)


    lanfranco

    		"Glitterati" is a portmanteau word combining "glitter" and "literati," the latter meaning highly-literate, well-read people, such as authors/critics/scholars. The term refers to elegant, "glittering," fashionable celebrities, who may mingle with the "literati":


    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/glitterati

    Aug 07 08, 8:14 PM
    star_gazer

    		Pink Floyd uses the word in this "Final Cut" lyric:

    And now, adding colour, a group of anonymous latin-
    American meat packing glitterati.

    http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/fletcher-memorial-final-lyrics.html

    Aug 08 08, 1:27 PM

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