Citations:little black dress

English citations of little black dress

Noun: “(figuratively) something simple, versatile, and elegant; something that pairs well with many other things”

• 2013 April 24, Alexandra Petri, “The peculiar brilliance of that sorority e-mail”, in The Washington Post‎:

  The F-bomb is the little black dress of vulgarity. Noun, verb, participle, verbal noun — it goes with everything.

• 2013 July 9, Angie Quaale, “Potato Salad”, in Langley Times‎, page 20:

  I think potatoes are the little black dress of cooking – you can dress it up or dress 'em down, add a string of pearls or a jean jacket and it's like a brand new outfit!

• 2014 February 11, Leigh McMullan Abramson, “A Pre-Conversion Shabbat Chicken Dinner”, in The Jewish Daily Forward‎:

  I think of her roast chicken as the little black dress of the Shabbat meal: it’s simple, elegant and always gets compliments.

• 2014 May 6, Laura Reiley, “Top 10 places to get mac and cheese in Tampa Bay”, in Tampa Bay Times‎:

  This free event presented by Friends of the Riverwalk in conjunction with the city of Tampa and the mayor proves one thing: Everyone loves mac and cheese. It's the little black dress of foods — perfect for every occasion, but accessorize it right and get ready for drop-dead glamor.

• 2014 August, Sarah Hazelwood, “5 of the Best…Fruits and Vegetables to grow this August”, in Buzz‎, page 27:

  Who, excepting fictional fanged creatures of the night, doesn't love a bit of garlic? It goes in anything and is like the little black dress of the food world.

• 2014 August 10, Karen Crouse, “After Tuneup for Trials, American Swimmers Evaluate Potential”, in The New York Times‎:

  While Phelps might have been the headliner, Ledecky became the little black dress of American swimming; unpretentious, regal and ridiculously versatile.

• 2014 December 5, Victoria Moore, “Ultimate Christmas wine guide: 12 star buys for 2014”, in The Telegraph‎:

  This has a hint of button mushroom to it: it’s a little black dress of a wine, good for parties – or try it with salmon fishcakes or roast chicken.

Noun: "(fandom slang) a character who is shipped with many other characters"

• 2017 September 12, LJV (@elljayvalentine), Twitter‎:

  Class, today is for foe!yay but tomorrow is meta on Fandom Bicycles & Little Black Dresses w special guest Severus Snape

• 2018 September 23, Marion Beet (@Knitronomicon), Twitter‎:

  I've seen Snape/Loki. Little Black Dresses, both of them. They'll go with anybody.

• 2019 February 6, @_LorrieKim_, Twitter‎:

  Snape is truly the Little Black Dress of HP pairings. There are very few pairings with him that can't be made to work somehow. 😊

• 2019 January 31, Yule B. Next (@vulgarweed), Twitter‎:

  Marene, Johnlockary, Johnlockolly, Johnlockstrade, (I love Johnlock +1 poly ships), also Sherlock is my Little Black Dress character and I'll give a shot to reading him with just about anyone.

• 2019 July 6, K. C. York (@kimboo_york), Twitter‎:

  tbh I think BOTH MCS and Lin Chen are little black dresses, like, they go with everything 😂

• 2019 August 4, Emony (@Emony), Twitter‎:

  Lydia’s my little black dress of TW, I can ship her with pretty much anyone (just not Stiles or Derek 😂).

• 2020 December 17, Bleak Exhaustion (@Aquielle_), Twitter‎:

  Dean, the little black dress of the spn fandom 🤣

• 2021 March 24, acequeenking (@acequeenkingpin), Twitter‎:

  Sansa is SUCH a good little black dress. I honestly would read almost any character in GOT with her.

• 2021 September 24, captainellie (@captainecomb), Twitter‎:

  Brienne is my little black dress of GOT/ASOIAF. I am happy to read fic with her shipped with many many many characters.

• 2021 November 2, samships (@samships1), Twitter‎:

  Sam Winchester is the Little Black Dress character here, and this account is for celebrating his versatility.

• 2022 June 1, solfi (@hydrangeatattoo), Twitter‎:

  Oh Claude is my little black dress character, he goes well with almost everything 🤣