mu.se.um.y \ myu-ze-em-ee \ adj [prob. alter. of "museumized"] 1: a name
describing someone who is old but well-preserved. 2: a slang term
describing an intellectual social gathering (that toga party was really --
!) 3: worthy of being vacuumed or dusted  4: a term used in psychology to
describe patients with low-compensation syndrome : NUTS.


Robbin Murphy writes:
>This quote is taken from an article in today's (2/18/97) New York Times  by
>Lisa W. Foderaro on museum retailing. The term "museumy" triggered thoughts
>of an mirror museum world existing in parallel to the "real" one and I
>wonder whether these objects could someday be collected by museums as
>artifacts of the culture?
>
>             "The merchandise is a mix of products that the Museum Company
>              buys from museums through licensing agreements and items that
>              are simply "museumy," said William P. Edwards, vice chairman
>of the
>              Museum Company in Fairfield, N.J., and a former deputy
>director of
>              profit-making business activities at the Modern. "
>
>
>
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