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Re:The Titanic Compared With a Modern Cruiseship (2014) by indigochill on Sunday July 28, 2019 @12:15PM (#20548247)
From the article: "...things kicked off when another passenger appeared dressed as a clown. This upset one of their party because they’d specifically booked a cruise with no fancy dress."

For some reason classifying a clown costume as "fancy dress" tickles me.

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Re:The Titanic Compared With a Modern Cruiseship (2014) by jboles on Sunday July 28, 2019 @10:31PM (#20551085)
It’s a British turn of phrase meaning any kind of party costume, not even necessarily anything “fancy”.
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