Weekly Wikipedia Find: Demimonde

The language, it is continually evolving, yet it stays the same. New words come up, yet our old words don't disappear. Some may label them archaic. They might not be gauche. But they still get the job done. And with style.

"Demimonde" was the "mistress" of the nineteenth century. That is, to say, mistress is the new demimonde.

But they are so much more than mere mistresses. While they enjoy the same kept-ness (captivity?) of the mistress, they also constitute their own social class.

Their decline is owed to ever rising tide of progress, time, feminism, and the middle class. Social mores are for the bourgeoisie; demimondes are for the wealthy.

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