The Naff

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What is the relationship between coolness and naffness in pop history.

A version of it wd describe pop history as essentially a story of a thread of coolness constantly besieged by naffness. This seems deeply unsatisfactory to me.

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Arbiters

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

The notion of implied arbiters seems crucial for 'cool' but not 'naff'. If I pronounce something naff I am saying 'I am an arbiter', but to claim that something is cool is a bit naff in itself.