Lottern: A popular term that the swing (music) subculture
used to define itself, roughly translated as something
between "laziness" and "sleaziness", indicating contempt for the
pressure to do "useful work" and the repressive sexual mores of the
time.
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"When the poets only read poetry, the historians only read history, the theorists only read theory, and the philosophers only read philosophy, we experience a clear deficiency in poetry, history, theory, and philosophy. We are far away from Renaissance human beings sculpting themselves to be full and all encompassing in knowledge and life pursuits." - Anthony Leskov