What is De Profundis?
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Literally translates as "of the Depths" or, with modification, "from the depths". Any reference to a being emerging from the pit of dispair to greater things is entirely contextual.
Oscar Wilde famously wrote a long letter - later titled "De Profundis" - after his release from Reading Gaol.
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Latin: coming out of the depths to greatness
"John Travolta really went de profundis in 'Pulp Fiction'"
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Latin for "the depths of sorrow". Used when you are extremely depressed, as if your in the darkest, deepest pit of sorrow
when I don't take my meds, I can become De Profundis
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Someone who pretends to be working class, despite owning their own house, having attended a private school or having a middle class job...
