The Only Use
delicacy
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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- Ford's copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy smashed into another section of the control console with the combined result that the Guide started to explain to anyone who cared to listen about the best ways of smuggling Antarean parakeet glands out of Antares (an Antarean parakeet gland stuck on a small stick is a revolting but much-sought-after cocktail delicacy and very large sums of money are often paid for them by very rich idiots who want to impress other very rich idiots), and the ship suddenly dropped out of the sky like a stone.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(delicacy as in: eat the delicacy) something that is rare or expensive -- usually a prized food
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(2)
(delicacy as in: discuss with delicacy) care and gentleness -- especially speaking or acting with sensitivity and tact
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(3)
(delicacy as in: offend her delicacy) the quality of being easily hurt or damaged
(often referring to the fragility of someone's emotional well being when it is easily distressed by something that is offensive or disturbing) -
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(delicacy as in: delicacy of the brushwork) pleasant subtlety or fineness
- (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)