2007-06-01 05:56:28 · 5 answers · asked by bruce_eel 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
If I am thinking of the correct connotation of the word, then I suppose it could be. Bevy - as in a group - is most commonly used to describe a mindless mass - or a group that is considered dispoasble - such as a bevy of steno girls or a bevy of worker bees. People doing mindless work for little pay and doing it quite furiously. It is also most often applied to female workers who - at least at one time - were considered pretty worthless to the workforce.
However, the word has really fallen out of the venacular and I doubt you would find anyone who knew what the word means, much less it's connotations or usages.
2007-06-01 06:03:29 · answer #1 · answered by Cindy H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A bevy of what? Geese? No. Using the phrase "a bevy of mindless twits" within earshot of the twits? Yes.
2007-06-01 23:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by Mel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whom is it applied to and does that person find it offensive? I, too, have never heard of the term.
2007-06-01 13:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It just means "a group of things."
2007-06-01 13:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry I don't know because I don't know what it means.
2007-06-01 12:59:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋