Ponty are elements of a false image

Pontus Evksinsky - the ancient name of the Black Sea. Apparently, it was it that inspired the Greeks, who always had a lot in the southern city of Odessa, to designate the word "pont" as something grandiose and producing an unforgettable impression.

From the Odessa dialect the expression migrated to the great and mighty Russian language, having spread throughout the territory of the former Soviet Union. Its meaning has not changed. "A good pont is more expensive than money," "with a pontoon under an umbrella, and himself in the rain," and other winged utterances of Odessa citizens became popular in Vladivostok, Brest, Saratov, and Murmansk. What is the meaning of this concept? And why did the word become more commonly used in the plural?

Expressing the scientific language, we can say that Ponte is a technique that allows you to create a hyperbolized view of prosperity, opportunities, beauty and other attractive factors that accompany the person. The expression is most often used in an ironic sense, since those who really have real merits, as a rule, there is no need to exaggerate them. In simpler terms, Ponte is a forced measure for those who can not boast of either wealth or power, but they really want to look very influential and, as they say in Odessa, "sarmac". You can not be - be able to seem. Such a position seldom causes sympathy after its exposure.

Why do young people need Ponte? Girls ohmurjat. Especially those who want to get acquainted with the representatives of the "golden youth". There are a lot of ways to "pontovatsya". For example, to give out a company car for one's own, to flash with the knowledge of expensive brands of equipment and clothes, to show "Rolex" on the wrist, forgetting to clarify that this is a Chinese counterfeit.

But not only young people use these techniques. In adulthood, their ponty. Cheap Pontees become more expensive with age. Come to a business meeting at a prestigious foreign car; Late, hint that it had just come from the airport, and complain that the flight from Monaco was detained again; Accidentally "light" a photo, which is depicted next to the celebrity - these are just a few of the examples. Actually, almost the whole life of the modern establishment and the so-called "creative elite" is in a sense built on Ponte.

However, Ponty is not only an attempt to look richer and steeper. In a world of big politics, there are sometimes situations where it is simply necessary to begrudge and demonstrate closeness to the simple working people. In these cases, millionaires and even billionaires suddenly find themselves in the salons of used "Zhiguli" or are given an interview, sitting at a rather poor but dignified table with a touching wall mat. Sometimes such "antipontes" are very convincing. Emphasizing their modesty and nationality, they try to convince the electorate that they are not strangers to the needs of the ordinary voter, and only occasional leaks of information make it possible to judge their true attitude to the "masses", in political jargon called the most commonly biomass.

However, any hypocrisy is exposed sooner or later. "Ponty is everything," people say, and after such a verdict of faith no longer exists: neither to those who tried to impress their own importance, nor to those who wanted to show their simplicity.