Now, when the phrase "lesbian mom" is a commonplace, it's hard to imagine a time when female homosexuality was imbued with a countercultural connotation so potent that women were drawn to it by ideology rather than by desire.
So, that was sort of the second connotation.
He emphasized that it should be used sparingly, partly because the term carries such negative connotations, and partly so that it does not lose potency.
"It has a certain connotation about it, but we need to be careful so that Africa does not squander these investment opportunities".
But in New York City, the word "Riker's" conjures magical connotations, and so perhaps it was with that word resonating that the ex-wife of L. Dennis Kozlowski L. Dennis Kozlowski posted his $10 million bail on Thursday.
He wants to rebrand the package, of course, so that it's not called NAFTA ("bad connotations!").
So much so, that that term even carries its own bad connotations.
He conceded that the word ceasefire had "an unfortunate connotation in the Syrian context" because some had been achieved by government sieges or starvation so that residents faced no alternative.
It is said that Reubens was repelled by the Germanic connotations of that bird (an emblem of Prussian militarism) and so he opted to ignore tradition and carve a Welsh dragon instead!
"But the connotation is so different, it's beautiful," he said.
