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gimcrack
noun gewgaw

Synonyms for gimcrack

bagatelle
bauble
curio
doodad
knickknack
novelty
souvenir
trinket
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SISKO: Do you know what the trouble is?
KIRA: No.
SISKO: The trouble is Earth.
KIRA: Really?
SISKO: On Earth there is no poverty, no crime, no war. You look out the window of Starfleet headquarters and you see paradise. Well, it’s easy to be a saint in paradise, but the Maquis do not live in paradise. Out there in the Demilitarised zone, all the problems haven’t been solved yet. Out there, there are no saints, just people. Angry, scared, determined people who are going to do whatever it takes to survive whether it meets with Federation approval or not.
KIRA: Makes sense to me.
SISKO: I’m glad someone understands.

http://www.chakoteya.net/DS9/441.htm

The Wikipedia page on histrionic personality disorder is an eye-raising read (painted or otherwise) on several fronts. Huh.

Some moments:

Histrionic people are lively, dramatic, vivacious, enthusiastic, and flirtatious. HPD affects four times as many women as men.^[1] It has a prevalence of 2–3% in the general population and 10–15% in inpatient and outpatient mental health institutions.^[2]

and

A mnemonic that can be used to remember the characteristics of histrionic personality disorder is shortened as “PRAISE ME”:^[8][9]

• Provocative (or seductive) behavior
• Relationships are considered more intimate than they actually are
• Attention-seeking
• Influenced easily by others or circumstances
• Speech (style) wants to impress; lacks detail
• Emotional lability; shallowness
• Make-up; physical appearance is used to draw attention to self
• Exaggerated emotions; theatrical

Also, a woman named Blanche who supposedly exhibited HBD supposedly inspired Freud lots.

Huh.

You follow a few language-based Pope accounts, suddenly they want you to follow ’em all.

That right there…