Help with question(please)
Hi, there
Could you help me with a few questions about a movie called "Miss Sloane"?
1) What does "boutique" mean in "They are a boutique bipartisan Government Affairs agency"? And do you say "a boutique bipartisan Government Affairs agency" or "a boutique, bipartisan Government Affairs agency"
2) A man referred to a gun bill as "Big brother type criminal and mental health database".. what does big brother type mean?
Please
Thank you a lot!
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Agree with Phil's answer! Just want to add that the word boutique is commonly used in the professional service industry, such as "boutique investment bank" and "boutique law firm".
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Boutique in this sentence means "small". Like a boutique hair salon is a "small" salon. It also implies quaintness. Sometimes it can have a negative connotation. Agree with "Big Brother" definitions given. Big brother has a negative connotation it never is used positively. Americans especially use this phrase given how powerful the government surveillance apparatus is in the US.
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Boutique means a shop in French. In English, it refers to a "shop" that caters to a small elite clientele. No comma.
Big brother is a reference to the novel, 1984. It means oppressive government surveillance:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)
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