![]() ![]() ![]() As with a lot of the Brits’ less-than-complimentary words, it isn’t really offensive it’s used more in goading fun than anything else. The song, like the story of Glass Onion, is about building something which looks and sounds complicated, but which is almost daring you to point out that you can see straight through it, and that its centre is hollow. A poorly-researched dictionary of British Slang words and phrases, written by some guy off the internet. Queenie affectionate term Brits use to refer to Queen Elizabeth II (the current Queen). Miles’ Glass Onion explodes and takes all the Disruptors with it, wrapping the fate of all of them together despite their last-minute conversion to Helen’s cause. They need him to be that genius he presents himself as, and the fact that they willingly look past the obvious bullshitting and confidence tricks to further their own careers is their undoing. Someone excessively and annoyingly pretentious and/or false, with a strong likelihood of working in the creative industries, especially 'new media'. (He’s even got hold of the guitar Paul McCartney wrote ‘Blackbird’ on, which carelessly tosses it to the ground with a clonk.) They’re cultural gatekeepers of exactly the kind Lennon was ranting about, people who were certain they had the keys to the future but who were unaware of the fact they’re the butt of the joke. Miles likes to think of himself and his fellow Disruptors as something like a Beatle-esque cabal of future-moulders. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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