[Gunny Highway]

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there's a term in french for it: "jolie laide," which translates literally into the easily mocked phrase, "pretty-ugly," referring to women who are unconventional in their beauty. or as francis bacon put it, "there is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportions."

edit to add: i think she's simply ugly, but a good friend of mine finds sarah jessica parker to be a jolie laide.

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This is an awesomwe term. How is itr pronounced?

I agree on SJP, btw.