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It is not. Even people that haven't read the book or seen the movie know the meaning of the word, more often than not.
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Lolita has become synonymous with a certain kind of woman because of the novel. It may not be heard all of the time, but once in a while you hear of someone being called a 'Lolita', like the 'Long Island Lolita', Amy Fisher, who had an affair with a married man when she was 17 and then tried to kill his wife.
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Ditto, 100%
Not so much the 'meaning', but the association. It's kinda fetishistic.
Let's be honest, even minus the association, I wouldn't like the name. It's silly, childish, dollish and immature. Twee. Girlish to the point of wantonly weird. I don't like Lola and I hate Lolita.
Not because I'm one of those prudes who go 'LOLITA! EW! NABUKOV WAS A PAEDO!', but because the name isn't all that pretty and the public pop-culture link has very much made it no-go.
Not so much the 'meaning', but the association. It's kinda fetishistic.
Let's be honest, even minus the association, I wouldn't like the name. It's silly, childish, dollish and immature. Twee. Girlish to the point of wantonly weird. I don't like Lola and I hate Lolita.
Not because I'm one of those prudes who go 'LOLITA! EW! NABUKOV WAS A PAEDO!', but because the name isn't all that pretty and the public pop-culture link has very much made it no-go.
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