Tell the operator that Karl Lagerfeld thinks you're 'demode'. From Wordnik.com. [I want a t-shirt that says...] Reference
Not that she was overspending, but the time involved in stripping out all the old fittings and demode decorations was taking a lot longer than her first estimate. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
He'll be the cadaverous one in the high collar who calls you "demode.". From Wordnik.com. [Jezebel] Reference
No longer usable or practical; obsolete: outmoded - out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas". From Wordnik.com. [Word of the Day] Reference
What was considered "good form" in this pastime among our forefathers now decidedly demode, and the correct drinker of 1910 is as obsolete and out of date in the present decade as the. From Wordnik.com. [Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises] Reference
At once forcibly futuristic and demode, spectacular and brooding on the outside, the CCTV headquarters will remain truly untested as an office building until employees move in next December. From Wordnik.com. [Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China] Reference
I have a faint suspicion that he has some odd blood coursing through his veins, at any rate it manifests itself every time, he stands up, dressed in the most outlandish demode clothes and gives a typical sneering utterance. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs]
Lucy’s connection with her fashion house was cut short after a restructuring, but as with Paul Poiret and other pre-WWI fashion houses, the name Lucile and the inspiration of its namesake designer were considered old-fashioned and demode. From Wordnik.com. [The IT Girl: Lady Duff Gordon | Edwardian Promenade] Reference
Tom Ford jokes, demode ones, oh just read it!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
The following "acceptance" is decidedly demode. From Wordnik.com. [Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises] Reference
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, reportedly last used by William Ewart Gladstone, here are the definitions from wordreference.com: 1. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode or outmoded attire"; "outmoded ideas" 2. repeated too often; over familiar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'". From Wordnik.com. [on the topic of "old hat."] Reference
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