Meaning of Ellenesque | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Characteristic of someone named Ellen.
2. Characteristic of Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958), American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer.

Examples

“It had seemed to me sort of an Ellenesque thing to have happened, charming and delightful, though I had paid no attention to her belief that he was coming back.”

“A final Ellenesque reflection: “Such a lady is too expensive a product to maintain a falling empire.””

“Ellen did that thing she always does under stress: She touched her upper lip with the tip of her tongue, and she veiled her eyes, and she allowed her features to settle into that Ellenesque composure.”

“As she sat next to Ellen at lunch, I noticed how pale her complexion was, even in comparison to Ellen, who I thought was the whitest person I had ever seen. There was no mystery where she took her fashion cues from. She sported an Ellenesque aqua sweater set that day complete with matching headband.”

“Wilson tipped off her cousin Courtney Wilson, “That’s Ellen.” Degeneres^([sic]) looked up and gave Tiff “a very, very pleasant smile, kind of letting us know it was she.” To jar Courtney’s memory, Tiff lapsed into some Ellenesque silliness — dancing, slapping her tiny behind and singing “and booty slap, and booty slap. She did that booty-slap routine on some music awards show.””

“If I had known that this innocuous-sounding PG-13 movie about a man falsely (I thought) accused of being gay was really an Ellenesque coming out with a huge message to teenagers that “hey, it’s OK!”, I wouldn’t have attended myself, let alone taken my 14-year-old son.”

“After DeGeneres displayed a picture of her overweight cat, “suddenly people sent in pictures of their fat cats,” she said. (She continues on in her meandering, charmingly Ellenesque fashion: “Some of them we don’t even show because I feel like, ‘Oh, my God, this animal’s going to blow up in a second.’ Now I’m realizing my animal’s not fat at all.”)”

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