AacornSoup
Since: Jan, 2019
Mar 2nd 2024 at 5:31:29 AM
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I had been under the impression that the etiquette of the time period had been so formalized that at least one type of Cut would be considered within the parameters of the "Ritual" part of the trope.
The Cut Direct would definitely be the most Ritual versions of the Cut, since both of the Victoria examples (that show being my main frame of reference for the Cut Direct) featured a large group of gentlemen who all gave an offensive person the Cut Direct at once, as if part of an unspoken agreement.
Edited by AacornSoup NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT. Sic Semper Omnes.
Willbyr
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Moved this entry here as, while it's definitely rejection, as written it doesn't seem ceremonial or ritualized enough to truly count.
- In the 18th and 19th Centuries, "Cutting" referred to acts where people either deliberately ignored or pretended not to notice the rejected individual
. Known variations included:
- The Cut Indirect was a simple aversion of eye contact or not acknowledging the other person's presence.
- The Cut Direct was deliberately turning one's back on a person and then pretending they weren't there.
- Pretending to have never met someone before is called the Cut Courteous.
- Actively going out of one's way to avoid interacting with someone is called the Cut Circumbendibus.
- The Cut Sublime (or Cut Celestial) was turning one's eyes upward, while the Cut Infernal was turning one's eyes downward towards the ground (or one's shoes).
- Rumping was a particularly extreme example of both the Cut Direct and the Cut Infernal.
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