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A weird saying in Maine in the '80's was "Shoppie" at least that's what it sounded like to my ears. A hood (a freak, a pot-head, a "bad guy") was called a Shoppie.
My BIL thinks it was just the Maine accent and the word was 'sharpie' like, "Oh, he's a sharpie" which is a throwback insult from, like, the fifties? I dunno. My cousin used to say it whenever some dude in a hoodie and jean jacket combo came around. "He's a shoppie, stay away from him,"
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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