Wine, women and song
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The [[cliché]] '''"wine, women, and song"''' is a [[rhetorical figure]] of a [[triad]] or ''[[hendiatris]]''. Similar [[tripartite motto]]es have existed for a long time in many languages. | The [[cliché]] '''"wine, women, and song"''' is a [[rhetorical figure]] of a [[triad]] or ''[[hendiatris]]''. Similar [[tripartite motto]]es have existed for a long time in many languages. | ||
- | [[Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll]] is a modern variation of it. The terms correspond to wine, women and song with edgier and updated vices. The term came to prominence in the sixties as rock and roll music, opulent and intensely public lifestyles, as well as what some saw as "liberal morals", came into the mainstream. | + | [[Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll]] is a modern variation of it. The terms correspond to wine, women and song with edgier and updated vices. The term came to prominence in the sixties as rock and roll music, opulent and intensely public lifestyles, as well as what some saw as "liberal morals", came into the mainstream. |
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The cliché "wine, women, and song" is a rhetorical figure of a triad or hendiatris. Similar tripartite mottoes have existed for a long time in many languages. Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll is a modern variation of it. The terms correspond to wine, women and song with edgier and updated vices. The term came to prominence in the sixties as rock and roll music, opulent and intensely public lifestyles, as well as what some saw as "liberal morals", came into the mainstream.
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