Saturday, October 13, 2007

Exhibition Name

Here's the dictionary description of Hackney

hackney |ˈhaknē|
noun ( pl. -neys) historical
a horse or pony of a light breed with a high-stepping trot, used in harness. • [usu. as adj. ] a horse-drawn vehicle kept for hire : a hackney coach. ORIGIN Middle English : probably from Hackney in East London, England, where horses were pastured. The term originally denoted an ordinary riding horse (as opposed to a warhorse or draft horse), esp. one available for hire: hence hackney carriage or coach, and the verb hackney meaning [use (a horse) for general purposes,] later [make commonplace by overuse] (see hackneyed ).


hackneyed |ˈhaknēd|

adjective
(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite : hackneyed old sayings.

Perhaps that can be of any use thinking of a name for the exhibition.
/Jennie

1 comment:

exhibition07 said...

I have one suggestion for a name. It is not great but perhaps it will get you all to contribute with suggestions...
The Other Hackney.
I read Hackney sometimes/quite often gets bad mouthed and perhaps people are tired of that. What I think this title suggests is Hackney in a different light. Whatever that might be... What do you all think?
/Jennie