I'm looking for a description to use in a story I'm writing. It's about a girl who lives in LA, USA, whose brother comes from the Ozarks to visit her till he finds a place of his own and gets a job, not necessarily in that order. They haven't seen each other for years and when they do she discovers by accident he is a bit effeminate appearing plus he has a well-developed case of gynecomastia. She gets turned on by this and by certain ideas popping into her head she wants to act out.
One is to teach her backwoods brother how to act and dress in the big city, or how to not act or dress here like he did back home. This is where my problem starts. There's nothing wrong with his style of walking or dress at all. I'm trying to figure out how she can tell him to walk/act prissily, or in a few words, like a flaming gay sissy, but not tell him directly to go out and be a flaming gay sissy. Like to convince him that it is now an accepted style of European comportment to walk with one wrist at his hips bent outward, palm down, while the other arm his elbow his bent, wrist bent and palm up and that has become the rage there in LA.
Or maybe even trying to emulate a Clifton Webb elegance and refinement type lifestyle, but be more descriptive than that even.
I only need someone to tell me how to say this in just a few words or even just a phrase or two. Words like the afore mentioned elegant or refined, or even graceful and glamorous maybe.
If anyone can help, I'd be greatly appreciative.
One is to teach her backwoods brother how to act and dress in the big city, or how to not act or dress here like he did back home. This is where my problem starts. There's nothing wrong with his style of walking or dress at all. I'm trying to figure out how she can tell him to walk/act prissily, or in a few words, like a flaming gay sissy, but not tell him directly to go out and be a flaming gay sissy. Like to convince him that it is now an accepted style of European comportment to walk with one wrist at his hips bent outward, palm down, while the other arm his elbow his bent, wrist bent and palm up and that has become the rage there in LA.
Or maybe even trying to emulate a Clifton Webb elegance and refinement type lifestyle, but be more descriptive than that even.
I only need someone to tell me how to say this in just a few words or even just a phrase or two. Words like the afore mentioned elegant or refined, or even graceful and glamorous maybe.
If anyone can help, I'd be greatly appreciative.
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